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Secondary · LA10 · Westmorland and Furness

Settlebeck School

Long Lane, Sedbergh, LA10 5AL

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Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance93.9%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.45
AdmissionsAbout average
Pupils203

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Jun 2025): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management good. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in LA10. Where we have them, council (Westmorland and Furness) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
203
Free school meals
13.3%
3.2% above district average (10.1%)

Also: Westmorland and Furness 15.9% · England 25.8%

SEN
33.5%
15.8% above district average (17.7%)

Also: Westmorland and Furness 20.3% · England 16.5%

EAL
0%
0.6% below district average (0.6%)
Attendance
93.9%
2.2% below district average (96.1%)

Also: Westmorland and Furness 92.1% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
14.3%
Progress 8
+0.45 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
44
Grade 5+ English & maths
44.1%
Grade 4+ English & maths
61.8%
Entered for EBacc
23.5%
EBacc average point score
3.63

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the LA10 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195.2%
  • 2021/2292.3%
  • 2022/2392.3%
  • 2023/2490.6%
  • 2024/2591.4%

Admissions

Demand signal
About average
Published capacity (GIAS)
235
Pupils on roll
203

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Westmorland and Furness page.

SEN support

SEN %
33.5%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · ASD
Need types
ASD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates