Queen Elizabeth School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
10.5 miles
Published by Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Queen Elizabeth School is a secondary school in Westmorland and Furness for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 October 2022. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Queen Elizabeth 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 2026 | 10.5 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 10.5 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and in 2024.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 258 first-choice applications for 248 offers; 240 offers went to first-choice families and 18 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- Of the 461 Year 7 applications in 2026, 285 (62%) came from families living outside Westmorland and Furness, and 140 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 59.6 (England 46).
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
- Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2HJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 1,155 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, students in the sixth form and staff are proud to be a part of Queen Elizabeth School.”
- “The school motto of ‘scholarship and care’ is lived out through the high level of education and pastoral support that pupils and students receive.”
- “Leaders and governors have high expectations for pupils’ and students’ achievement.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, some teachers do not ensure that pupils’ misconceptions are addressed quickly.”
- “This means that some pupils and students are not secure in their knowledge before they move on to new learning.”
- “These pupils and students do not learn as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2022 (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) | 69% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 59.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 258 first-preference applications, 248 offers in total, 240 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.
- Queen Elizabeth Studio School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Dallam School 6.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Settlebeck School 9.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kirkbie Kendal School 9.7 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- The Queen Katherine School 10.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cartmel Priory CofE School 14.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Lakes School 18.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ulverston Victoria High School 19.9 mi Not judged Last distance published