Samuel King's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 5 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Unique reference
112378
Address
Church Road, CA9 3QU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
107 (53% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
0%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.6%
Persistent absence
34.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.9%
Unclassified 8.4%
Other White 0.9%
Mixed 0.9%
Indian 0.9%
Other 0.9%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 24%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 30.2
Local authority average 45.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.37
Local authority average 3.89
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award5
Health StudiesTechnical Award4
Sports StudiesTechnical Award7
Art & DesignGCSE3
BiologyGCSE6
Business Studies:SingleGCSE2
ChemistryGCSE6
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE3
English LanguageGCSE12
English LiteratureGCSE12
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Samuel King's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
23
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
24
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
0
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
22
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
30
16
14
Year 8
32
17
15
Year 9
16
7
9
Year 10
16
5
11
Year 11
13
9
4
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
63.0%
78.0%
85.5%
Further education
47.0%
45.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
16.0%
32.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
11.0%
5.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
16.0%
11.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
4.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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