Dowdales School is a secondary school located in Dalton-in-Furness. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 10/07/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.5%, which is 2.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: , Dalton-in-Furness, LA15 8AH
Website: http://www.dowdalesschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01229469800
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Emma Aubrey
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 112383

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 10/07/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1050
Number of Pupils: 887
Number of Boys: 414
Number of Girls: 473

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 18.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.04 Confidence interval -0.22 to 0.14
Of the 195 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 190 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:33%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:39%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:46.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.06
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
George Romney Junior School
Cobden Street , LA15 8SE
3out of 4 312 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Chapel Street Infants and Nursery School
Chapel Street , LA15 8RX
3out of 4 435 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School
Crooklands Brow , LA15 8LB
3out of 4 997 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary School
Coronation Drive , LA15 8QR
3out of 4 1,082 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursey
Skelwith Drive , LA14 4PG
2out of 4 3,091 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Dowdales School
, LA15 8AH
3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.