Secondary · CA11 · Penrith

Ullswater Community College

Wetheriggs Lane, Penrith, CA11 8NG

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OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance (2024/25)91.6%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 41
Roll vs capacityClose to published capacity
Pupils1520

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Report published 25 May 2023.

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (21 May 2019).

  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

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

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in CA11. 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
1520
Free school meals
20.9%
9.7% above district average (11.2%)

Also: Westmorland and Furness 15.9% · England 25.8%

SEN
22.3%
4.4% above district average (17.9%)

Also: Westmorland and Furness 20.3% · England 16.5%

EAL
6.6%
1.5% below district average (8.1%)
Attendance
91.6% Autumn and spring 2024/25
3.8% below district average (95.4%)

Also: Westmorland and Furness 92.1% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the CA11 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is from 2023/24, the latest year published for this school. There is no Progress 8 for 2024/25 or 2025/26, because those pupils did not sit Key Stage 2 tests during the pandemic. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

22.6%

0.7% above England (21.9%)

Progress 82023/24

+0.01

0.01 above England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

41

5.1 below England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

43.5%

1.9% below England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

61.5%

3.3% below England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

18.7%

21.8% below England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

3.58

0.5 below England (4.09)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 156 families put this school first. All of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
156
First-preference offers
156
First preferences offered a place
100%
Total offers
161
Named on any preference
283

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Close to published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
1625
Pupils on roll
1520

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

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

SEN support

SEN %
22.3%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · SEMH, PD, SLD, PMLD

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

Schools near Ullswater Community College

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in CA11 · Schools in Westmorland and Furness

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 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.
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