Ulverston Victoria High School

Community school·Secondary school Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness·LA12 0EB
Composite score
58.5
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#1,382
National rank
#165
In North West
#8
In Westmorland and Furness
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
37%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
60%
% EBacc grade 5+
12%
EBacc average points score
4.12

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
157 first choices, 160 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
248
any preference, for 160 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9920220.9920230.9920241.0920250.982026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Ulverston Victoria High School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,336
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
3.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,103
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
214 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
75%
Apprenticeship
16%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Ulverston Victoria High School

Ulverston Victoria High School is a secondary school in Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 1,336 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 46.8 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.0 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 44% of secondary schools nationally.

37% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 60% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ulverston Victoria High School their first choice was offered one of its 160 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.7%. There are about 14.7 pupils per teacher. Ulverston Victoria High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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