Ullswater Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 19 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
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Unique reference
112393
Address
Wetheriggs Lane, CA11 8NG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1540 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
5.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.6%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.7%
Other White 5.6%
Unclassified 2.7%
Mixed 1.9%
Other 0.8%
Other Asian 0.3%
African 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
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 40.3
Local authority average 46.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.53
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award15
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award24
Sports StudiesTechnical Award17
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE18
Business Studies:SingleGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE18
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE44
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ullswater Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
256
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
250
2nd preference
79
3rd preference
16
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
250
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
273
141
132
Year 8
269
135
134
Year 9
264
130
134
Year 10
267
142
125
Year 11
284
140
144
Year 12
98
45
53
Year 13
85
42
43
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
n/a
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
n/a
34.7%
School sixth form
40.0%
n/a
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
n/a
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
n/a
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
n/a
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
n/a
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
n/a
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
n/a
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
77.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
14.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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