Dowdales School
Secondary schoolDowdales School is a secondary school in Westmorland and Furness, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 877 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, February 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 5 February 2025
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 EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Dowdales School was 41.1, against 44.9 in Westmorland and Furness and 46.2 in England.
34.5% 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| Measure | This school | Westmorland and Furness | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 41.1 | 44.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34.5% | 42.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51.4% | 63.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 148 | – | – |
- 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- George Romney Junior SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), July 2024. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)290 m
- Chapel Street Infants and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), April 2023400 m
- Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-FurnessPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)990 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).