The Queen Katherine School is a secondary school located in Kendal. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's outcomes for pupils good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 23/05/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.4%, which is 1.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Appleby Road, Kendal

School Information

Address: Appleby Road, Kendal, LA9 6PJ
Website: http://www.qks.org.uk
Telephone: 01539743900
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Jon Hayes
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136526

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 23/05/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 987
Number of Pupils: 991
Number of Boys: 466
Number of Girls: 525

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.02 Confidence interval -0.15 to 0.2
Of the 206 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 204 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:13%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:98%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:47%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.13
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Kendal Nursery School
Brantfield , Queens Road LA9 4PH 		4out of 4 1,696 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Thomas's CofE Primary School
Kendal Green , LA9 5PP 		3out of 4 1,249 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Stramongate Primary School
Blackhall Road , LA9 4BT 		3out of 4 1,333 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Castle Park School
Sedbergh Drive , LA9 6BE 		3out of 4 1,521 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Ghyllside Primary School
Gillinggate , LA9 4JB 		3out of 4 2,427 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Oswald's CofE Primary School
Howgill Close , Burneside LA9 6QR 		3out of 4 2,519 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Queen Katherine School
Appleby Road , LA9 6PJ 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Kirkbie Kendal School
Lound Road , LA9 7EQ 		3out of 4 2,704 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Kendal College
Milnthorpe Road , LA9 5AY 		- not rated 2,733 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sandgate School
Sandylands Road , LA9 6JG 		3out of 4 957 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Cambian Whinfell School
110 Windermere Road , LA9 5EZ 		- not rated 1,718 yd Other independent special school No Boys More About School
South Lakes Academy
Riverside Centre , Yard 39 LA9 4ED 		- not rated 1,758 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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