Appleby Grammar School

Battlebarrow, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, CA16 6XU

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About this school

Appleby Grammar School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria. The school has 360 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 26 April 2022). Last inspected 12 May 2026. The Headteacher is Philip Nicholson. The school is administered by Westmorland and Furness local authority. It belongs to APPLEBY GRAMMAR SCHOOL. It opened in 1 August 2011.

School details

Headteacher

Philip Nicholson

Trust

APPLEBY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Local authority

Westmorland and Furness

Gender

Mixed

URN

137251

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Appleby Grammar 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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