John Ruskin School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 16 2019 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
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Unique reference
112384
Address
Lake Road, LA21 8EW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
244 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
53.3%
Girls
46.7%
First language not English
2%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.1%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.9%
Unclassified 8.2%
Other White 3.3%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Mixed 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.42
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.6
Local authority average 46.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.41
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE15
BiologyGCSE14
ChemistryGCSE14
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE49
English LiteratureGCSE49
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE20
FrenchGCSE13
GeographyGCSE24
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

John Ruskin School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
46
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
61
2nd preference
36
3rd preference
7
From another Local Authority
45
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
46
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
14
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 classes22.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
50
21
29
Year 8
48
33
15
Year 9
49
25
24
Year 10
48
20
28
Year 11
49
31
18
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
67.0%
n/a
85.6%
Further education
42.0%
n/a
35.4%
School sixth form
25.0%
n/a
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
n/a
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
n/a
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
n/a
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
19.0%
n/a
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
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

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