Windermere School
Windermere School is an independent school in The Lake District for boys and girls aged 3 to 20. It has 226 pupils and room for 496.
Browhead, Patterdale Road, Windermere, The Lake District, LA23 1NW01539 446164windermereschool.co.ukMrs Jessica Sheldrick headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
40 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | Westmorland and Furness | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 40 | 29 | 45 | 57 | 50 | 53 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 25.4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 45.2 | 46.8 |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 41% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 61% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 1.61 | 0.52 | 0.46 | 0.61 | 0.64 | 0.55 | 3.85 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22% | 41% |
Subjects
Results came out for 9 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.
Strongest subjects
The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.
Every subject against England, 2025
| Subject | Entries | Grades 9 to 7 | Grades 9 to 5 | Grades 9 to 4 | England 9 to 5 | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 29 | 48% | 69% | 86% | 54% | – |
| English Literature | 24 | 33% | 88% | 96% | 58% | – |
| Geography | 23 | 44% | 78% | 83% | 51% | – |
| Business | 17 | 18% | 59% | 71% | 51% | – |
| Drama | 12 | 67% | 100% | 100% | 60% | – |
| Art and Design | 8 | 63% | 88% | 100% | 58% | – |
| Spanish | 8 | 50% | 63% | 75% | 54% | – |
| French | 7 | 57% | 100% | 100% | 60% | – |
| Computer Science | 7 | 14% | 29% | 29% | 56% | – |
In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
26 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 26 | 35 | 32 | 26 | 97 | 82 |
| Average A level grade | – | z | z | z | – | NE |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | – | 37.78 | 35.00 | 35.50 | – | – |
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Westmorland and Furness council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 226 | 256 | 290 | 328 | 311 | 315 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 10% | 12% | 20% | 22% | 10% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 32 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 66% | 69% | 73% |
| Education | 47% | 50% | 66% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Work | 16% | 19% | 7% |
| Not in education, work or training | 16% | 0% | 5% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lakes School | Council | 1.4 miles | 445 | Good 2019 | 49 | Compare |
| Ambleside CofE Primary School | Academy | 1.9 miles | 52 | Requires improvement 2024 | 11 | Compare |
| St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere | Academy | 2.8 miles | 40 | Requires improvement 2023 | 2 | Compare |
| Goodly Dale Primary School | Council | 2.8 miles | 77 | No overall grade 2024 | 34 | Compare |
| St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 2.8 miles | 336 | Good 2024 | 23 | Compare |
| Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School | Council | 3.1 miles | 30 | Good 2024 | 68 | Compare |
| Grasmere CofE Primary School | Church of England | 4.6 miles | 89 | Good 2020 | 85 | Compare |
| Langdale CofE School | Church of England | 4.7 miles | 31 | Report card 2026 | 1 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Windermere School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Windermere School yet.
How good are Windermere School's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 0% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 25.4, against 46.8 for England.
How many pupils does Windermere School have?
226 pupils aged 3 to 20 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 496 places, so it is 46% full.
Does Windermere School have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Browhead, Patterdale Road, Windermere, The Lake District, LA23 1NW
- Telephone
- 01539 446164
- Website
- www.windermereschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jessica Sheldrick
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-20, with nursery, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Ward
- Windermere and Ambleside
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1973
- URN
- 112446 · LAESTAB 9436008 · UKPRN 10008600
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.