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Schools in Westmorland and Furness

160 schools in the Westmorland and Furness local authority.

Schools

160

Open schools

Pupils

31,227

2025–26 census

Good or better

95%

126 of 132 graded

Academic Performance

4.7

out of 10 · 152 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
7 5%
Good
119 90%
Requires improvement
5 4%
Inadequate
1 <1%
12 inspected since 2024, no overall grade18 superseded by a report card16 not judged1 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
4.7
Academic Performance

Averaged over 152 of 160 schools that can be scored

Pupils

31,227

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Ethnicity

White
92%
Asian
1%
Black
1%
Mixed
2%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
<1%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 147 of 160 schools (29,937 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
15.7%

4,691 of 29,937 pupils · 147 of 160 schools

First language not English
5.4%

1,619 of 29,937 pupils · 147 of 160 schools

Young carers
1.3%

372 of 29,740 pupils · 145 of 160 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
123
Secondary
21
All-through
1
Special
4
Nursery
2
PRU
1
Not recorded
8

Top primary schools in Westmorland and Furness

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 160 schools in Westmorland and Furness — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Westmorland and Furness

How many schools are there in Westmorland and Furness?
Westmorland and Furness has 160 open schools — 123 primary, 21 secondary, 4 special, 2 nursery, teaching 31,227 pupils in total.
How many schools in Westmorland and Furness are rated Good or Outstanding?
126 of the 132 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 95% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 7 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 160: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Westmorland and Furness?
4.7 out of 10, averaged across the 152 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Westmorland and Furness schools have no Ofsted rating?
28 schools in Westmorland and Furness currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Westmorland and Furness local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Westmorland and Furness covers 160 schools and sits in the North West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Westmorland and Furness are eligible for free school meals?
15.7% — 4,691 of 29,937 pupils at the 147 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the North West region.