The Queen Katherine School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · Kendal, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Year 7 2024
Every applicant was offered a place
From Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 1 March 2024
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The Queen Katherine School is a secondary school in Kendal, Westmorland and Furness for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 entry.
The Queen Katherine 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 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2024, as also at 9 of the 10 other Westmorland and Furness secondary schools with a published Year 7 2024 outcome.
- For Year 7 2026, there were 119 first-choice applications for 124 offers: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 5th lowest of 17 Westmorland and Furness secondary schools.
- In Year 7 2026, 118 offers went to first-choice families, 1 first-choice family (1%) was not offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 50% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 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
- Appleby Road, Kendal, LA9 6PJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 910 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “This is a school where pupils, including students in the sixth form, are inspired to be successful in all that they do.”
- “The school successfully encourages pupils to feel ‘proud to belong’.”
- “This is evident in everything that happens here.”
To improve
- “However, the ways some teachers identify misconceptions or address gaps in knowledge is sometimes inconsistent.”
- “This means that errors in reading, handwriting, punctuation and spelling occasionally go unnoticed.”
- “At times, this hampers some pupils from learning as securely and deeply as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2026 (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) | 50% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.8 | 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: 119 first-preference applications, 124 offers in total, 118 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.
- Kirkbie Kendal School 1.5 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Dallam School 7.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Lakes School 8.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Settlebeck School 8.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth School 10.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth Studio School 10.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cartmel Priory CofE School 13.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- John Ruskin School 13.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published