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Ulverston Victoria High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Community school

Springfield Road, Ulverston LA12 0EB · uvhs.uk · 01229 483900

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Sept 2025
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
1,319
9 over 1,310 places · 101%
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
15.6%
First language not English
3%
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, 157 families put the school first and 160 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 205 (Places 207)205September 2023: 179 (Places 180)179September 2024: 173 (Places 175)173September 2025: 196 (Places 179)196September 2026: 157 (Places 160)157Places 160
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261601571100%
September 2025Sept 20251791961.1▲91%
September 2024Sept 20241751731100%
September 2023Sept 2023180179199%
September 2022Sept 20222072051100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.8, and 37.3% 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 B- (36.1 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 50.1 (England 46.3)50.12017/18: 52.9 (England 46.5)52.92018/19: 52.6 (England 46.7)52.62021/22: 51.6 (England 48.8)51.62022/23: 51.2 (England 46.3)51.22023/24: 48.8 (England 45.9)48.82024/25: 46.8 (England 46.0)46.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●46.846.0
▼37.3%45.4%
▼60.3%64.8%
▼34.0%40.5%
●4.124.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form46.4+11.5
Further education33.5−5.1
Apprenticeship11.9−5.3
Employment3.1−1.6
Not in a lasting destination4.1+1.3
Activity not captured1−0.4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 31.7 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 33.8 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 34.4 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 32.8 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 41.6 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 38.8 (England 34.2)B2023/24: 35.2 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 36.1 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
151 studentsB- (36.1)Below average -0.11
151 studentsB- (36.1)Below average -0.11
17.2%AAB or better
95.8%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24134B- (35.2)-0.09
2022/23114B (38.8)—
2021/22122B (41.6)—
2018/19146C+ (32.8)-0.16
2017/18142C+ (34.4)+0.09
2016/17154C+ (33.8)+0.15
2015/16114C+ (31.7)-0.29

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University46.1−14.9
Further and other education4.3−0.6
Further education1.4−1
Other education2.8+0.4
Apprenticeship16.3+9
Employment22.7+2.4
Not in a lasting destination7.8+2.9
Activity not captured2.8+1.2

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Ulverston Victoria High School on 30 September 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
30 Sept 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Sept 2023

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Sept 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Nov 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Mar 2011Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (17 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
76%
Replies
17
1% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school●88% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●88% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼64% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●83% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●88% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼70% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲88% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲94% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●89% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲83% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼75% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 71% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲62% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 29% who had a child bullied

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