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The Lakes School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Community school
Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere LA23 1HW · thelakesschool.com · 01539 440810
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Westmorland and Furness 45.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Westmorland and Furness Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 445
- 52% of 851 places
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 16.8%
- First language not English
- 12.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Westmorland and Furness Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 58 families put the school first and 61 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 61 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 74 | 74 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 65 | 65 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 69 | 68 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 80 | 79 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.8, and 41.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Westmorland and Furness it was 45.4, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (34.9 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼41.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼59.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼4.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.92 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 41.1 | +2.4 |
| Further education | 46.7 | +5.4 |
| Other education | 1.1 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 5.6 | −7.7 |
| Employment | 4.4 | +3.1 |
| Activity not captured | 1.1 | — |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 students | C+ (34.9) | Well above average +0.39 | |
| 19 students | C+ (34.9) | Well above average +0.38 | |
| 9 students | Dist (35.6) | Average +0.09 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 22 | C (29.6) | -0.01 |
| 2022/23 | 32 | C- (26.9) | — |
| 2021/22 | 19 | C+ (33.5) | — |
| 2018/19 | 25 | C+ (31.8) | +0.05 |
| 2017/18 | 46 | D+ (24.8) | -0.34 |
| 2016/17 | 35 | C (28.5) | -0.43 |
| 2015/16 | 43 | C (31.3) | +0.17 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 41.7 | +6.7 |
| Employment | 41.7 | −3.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 12.5 | +7.5 |
| Activity not captured | 4.2 | — |
Ofsted
The Lakes School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jan 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
- Nov 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
May 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective May 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 57
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (19%) with SEND