Ulverston Victoria High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
4.49 miles
Published by Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 3 March 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ulverston Victoria High School is a secondary school in Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 30 September 2025. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2025 entry.
Ulverston Victoria High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2025 | 4.49 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2025, the last child offered a place lived 4.49 miles from the school.
- In 1 of the 2 years with a published Year 7 outcome (2024 and 2025), every applicant was offered a place.
- Year 7 2026 had 157 first-choice applications for 160 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 37% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); 4th highest of 9 schools, this one and 8 nearest secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Westmorland and Furness schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Springfield Road, Ulverston, LA12 0EB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 1,319 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 30 September 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud ambassadors for the school.”
- “They make a strong contribution to the calm and respectful atmosphere that exists at the school.”
- “Pupils form trusting relationships with staff, who care for them extremely well.”
To improve
- “However, at times, teaching does not address the gaps or misconceptions that pupils have in their learning.”
- “When this happens, some pupils move on to new learning before they are ready.”
- “In addition, some of the activities that pupils complete do not help them to learn the curriculum in sufficient depth.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 November 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 157 first-preference applications, 160 offers in total, 157 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Westmorland and Furness.
- Dowdales School 4.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cartmel Priory CofE School 5.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow 5.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Furness Academy 6.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Walney Academy 8.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- John Ruskin School 12.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Dallam School 13.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Lakes School 15.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published