Ullswater Community College is a secondary school located in Penrith. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 22/05/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.7%, which is 1.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Wetheriggs Lane, Penrith, CA11 8NG
Website: http://www.ullswatercc.co.uk/
Telephone: 01768210206
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Stephen Gilby
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 112393

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 22/05/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1550
Number of Pupils: 1487
Number of Boys: 735
Number of Girls: 752

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.45 Confidence interval -0.61 to -0.28
Of the 229 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 223 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:8%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:28%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:38.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.14
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
North Lakes School
Huntley Avenue , CA11 8NU 		3out of 4 429 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Brunswick School
Brunswick Road , CA11 7LX 		3out of 4 849 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Beaconside CofE Primary School
Hutton Hill , CA11 8EN 		3out of 4 1,065 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School
Drovers Lane , CA11 9EL 		3out of 4 1,175 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Yanwath Primary School
Yanwath , CA10 2LA 		3out of 4 2,497 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ullswater Community College
Wetheriggs Lane , CA11 8NG 		2out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
Ullswater Road , CA11 7EG 		4out of 4 618 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Hunter Hall School
Frenchfield , Penrith CA11 8UA 		- not rated 1,836 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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