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Keswick School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Vicarage Hill, Keswick CA12 5QB · keswick.cumbria.sch.uk · 01768 772605

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Overview

Ofsted
Outstanding
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
52.1
average Attainment 8 score. Cumberland 42.3, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,208
98% of 1,229 places
Local authority
Cumberland
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
10.1%
First language not English
3.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Keswick School Multi Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 199 families put the school first and 200 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: 173 (Places 179)173September 2023: 149 (Places 150)149September 2024: 161 (Places 160)161September 2025: 169 (Places 172)169September 2026: 199 (Places 200)199Places 200
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262001991100%
September 2025Sept 2025172169199%
September 2024Sept 20241601611▲99%
September 2023Sept 20231501491100%
September 2022Sept 20221791731100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 52.1, and 56.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cumberland it was 42.3, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (34.2 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: 53.8 (England 46.3)53.82017/18: 53.9 (England 46.5)53.92018/19: 52.6 (England 46.7)52.62021/22: 57.9 (England 48.8)57.92022/23: 52.8 (England 46.3)52.82023/24: 54.1 (England 45.9)54.12024/25: 52.1 (England 46.0)52.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲52.146.0
▲56.3%45.4%
▲80.2%64.8%
▲72.9%40.5%
▲5.064.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form62.2+0.8
Further education24.9−2.2
Apprenticeship7.2+1.4
Employment3.8+2.8
Not in a lasting destination0.5−1.9
Activity not captured1.40

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: 30.5 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 32.6 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 32.7 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 37.2 (England 32.9)B-2021/22: 38.7 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 33.6 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 36.7 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 34.2 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
129 studentsC+ (34.2)Average +0.09
129 studentsC+ (33.4)Average +0.01
13 studentsDist- (30)Well below average -0.67
8 studentsDist+ (38.1)Average +0.20
16.7%AAB or better
94.7%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24124B- (36.7)+0.18
2022/23126C+ (33.6)—
2021/22148B (38.7)—
2018/19135B- (37.2)+0.29
2017/18156C+ (32.7)+0.17
2016/17155C+ (32.6)+0.22
2015/16135C (30.5)-0.05

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University51.5+3.2
Further and other education3.1+1.1
Further education0.8—
Other education2.3—
Apprenticeship14.6−2.6
Employment21.5−3
Not in a lasting destination7.7+3.7
Activity not captured1.5−2.5

Ofsted

Keswick School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 23 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Outstanding
Inspected
23 Apr 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2014

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2014Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Jul 2011Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (234 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
89%
Replies
234
19% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school●90% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲89% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲91% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲92% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn●84% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲91% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼88% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲97% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲85% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly●78% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 76% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●49% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 35% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲77% agreeEngland 68%

based on 47 parents (20%) with SEND

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