The Queen Katherine School

Appleby Road, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA9 6PJ

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About this school

The Queen Katherine School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria. The school has 917 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 30 March 2022). Last inspected 6 May 2026. The Headteacher is Jon Hayes. The school is administered by Westmorland and Furness local authority. It belongs to CUMBRIA EDUCATION TRUST. It opened in 1 April 2011.

School details

Headteacher

Jon Hayes

Trust

CUMBRIA EDUCATION TRUST

Local authority

Westmorland and Furness

Gender

Mixed

URN

136526

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The Queen Katherine School are handled by the school or the local authority (Westmorland and Furness). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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