Cartmel Priory CofE School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 1 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Unique reference
137338
Address
Headless Cross, Cartmel, LA11 7SA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
354 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
5.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.7%
Persistent absence
11.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.3%
Mixed 3.9%
Other White 3.1%
Unclassified 3.1%
African 1.1%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 24%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.1
Local authority average 45.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.94
Local authority average 3.89
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE67
English LiteratureGCSE67
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE32
GeographyGCSE36
GermanGCSE18
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Cartmel Priory CofE School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
75
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
82
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
10
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
75
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 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
66
40
26
Year 8
77
34
43
Year 9
73
35
38
Year 10
69
29
40
Year 11
69
36
33
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
78.0%
85.5%
Further education
44.0%
45.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
40.0%
32.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
11.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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