The Lakes School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 20 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Unique reference
112379
Address
Troutbeck Bridge, LA23 1HW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
450 (55% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
12.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.7%
Persistent absence
27.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.1%
Other White 10.7%
Mixed 2.9%
Unclassified 1.8%
Other 0.7%
Other Asian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
African 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.4
Local authority average 46.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.51
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE10
Design & TechnologyGCSE5
English LanguageGCSE90
English LiteratureGCSE90
GeographyGCSE50
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Lakes School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
65
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
65
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
11
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
65
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes17.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
68
36
32
Year 8
83
32
51
Year 9
79
44
35
Year 10
89
52
37
Year 11
90
50
40
Year 12
18
4
14
Year 13
23
14
9
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
n/a
85.6%
Further education
41.0%
n/a
35.4%
School sixth form
39.0%
n/a
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
n/a
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
n/a
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
n/a
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
13.0%
n/a
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
n/a
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
n/a
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
70.0%
n/a
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
n/a
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
n/a
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
n/a
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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