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Appleby Grammar School

Secondary school

Appleby Grammar School is a secondary school in Westmorland and Furness, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 357 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met

Inspection
Report card, 12 May 2026
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Not applicable
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

Results

Department for Education

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Appleby Grammar School was 40.7, against 44.9 in Westmorland and Furness and 46.2 in England.

33.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)

2025/26, provisional
MeasureThis schoolWestmorland and FurnessEngland
Average Attainment 8 score40.744.946.2
Grade 5 or above in English and maths33.9%42.2%46.3%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths51.6%63.4%64.8%
Pupils at the end of KS462––
  • The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
  • Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
  • Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

Schools nearby

In a straight line
  • Appleby Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)680 m

Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Westmorland and Furness

Where these figures come from

  • Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
  • Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).