The Queen Katherine School
Secondary schoolThe Queen Katherine School is a secondary school in Westmorland and Furness, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 910 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 6 May 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong 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 EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Queen Katherine School was 49.3, against 44.9 in Westmorland and Furness and 46.2 in England.
44.3% 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 | 49.3 | 44.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44.3% | 42.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62.3% | 63.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 122 | – | – |
- 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- Sandgate SchoolSpecial. School remains Good, June 2023880 m
- St Thomas's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Stramongate Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Castle Park SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Kendal Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, January 20251.6 km
- Cambian Whinfell SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.6 km
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).