Ulverston Victoria High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 21 2023 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
112385
Address
Springfield Road, LA12 0EB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1338 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
47.5%
Girls
52.5%
First language not English
3%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.9%
Persistent absence
27.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.1%
Other White 2.2%
Mixed 2.2%
Unclassified 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
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 25%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.2
Local authority average 46.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.5
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE64
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE78
DanceGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE191
English LiteratureGCSE191
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE64
FrenchGCSE13
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Ulverston Victoria High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
173
2nd preference
61
3rd preference
22
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
173
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes20
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
189
81
108
Year 8
204
107
97
Year 9
218
106
112
Year 10
212
97
115
Year 11
194
108
86
Year 12
164
74
90
Year 13
157
63
94
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
n/a
85.6%
Further education
39.0%
n/a
35.4%
School sixth form
34.0%
n/a
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
n/a
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
n/a
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
n/a
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
17.0%
n/a
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
n/a
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
72.0%
n/a
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
41.0%
n/a
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
n/a
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
10.0%
n/a
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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