Coniston CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Coniston · LA21 8AL · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 3–11
- KS231%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM15.6%
- Demand1.00
0.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 112384
John Ruskin School
Community school · Coniston · LA21 8EW
Ages 11–16 · 247 pupils · Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
48.4
Overall absence
6.9%
Admissions demand
1.33 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2019-10-15
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.50
−20+2
Attainment 848.4
English & maths grade 5+31%
English & maths grade 4+63%
EBacc entry27%
EBacc APS: 4.2
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)18.3%
Unauthorised1.3%
- Authorised absence
- 5.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 246
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.33 · Competitive
1st preferences
61
Places offered
46
1st-preference offers
46
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 104
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 46
- Applications from outside LA
- 45
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 14
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill107%
247 pupils · 230 places
- Pupils on roll
- 247
- Boys / girls
- 133 / 114
- School capacity
- 230
- Capacity fill
- 247 / 230 (107%)
- Free school meals
- 11.3%
- FSM pupils
- 28
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Federation
- The Fells Federation
- Headteacher
- Mr Peter Blackburn
Location
- Address
- Lake Road
- Postcode
- LA21 8EW
- Town
- Coniston
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Coniston, Westmorland and Furness, 247 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 11.3%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Peter Blackburn
- Telephone
- 01539441306