Secondary
John Ruskin School
Lake Road, Coniston, LA21 8EW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 247 of 230 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 24.8
- Pupils per adult
- 9.8
- Pupils
- 244
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
Improved significantly
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
50%
9 points above the Westmorland and Furness average (41% across 19 schools)
52.9
7.6 above the Westmorland and Furness average (45.3 across 19 schools)
3rd of 19 by our score, among the secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness we can score - 21 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.67 |
| Entered the EBacc | 25% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47% |
| 22/23 | 31% |
| 23/24 | 31% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.10 |
| 22/23 | +0.42 |
| 23/24 | +0.50 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49.6 |
| 22/23 | 51.6 |
| 23/24 | 48.4 |
| 24/25 | 52.9 |
Lake Road, Coniston, LA21 8EW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Westmorland and Furness admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head teacher
- Peter Blackburn
- Address
- Lake Road, Coniston, LA21 8EW
- Telephone
- 01539441306