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Keswick School

Comprehensive

National rank

383

340

Rank last year

50.9^%

A-level

26.4^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Simon Jackson

Attendance 93.5%

Gender of entry Mixed

Send pupils* 13.5% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,200

Pupils on free school meals 9.9%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

7.7

18.3

24.9

A*/A

A*-B

50.9

Grade

9/8

14.1

12.3

9/8/7

26.4

What the school inspection says

“Pupils thrive at this school. They strive for excellence and their conduct is exemplary …Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (Send), achieve exceptionally well. Students in the sixth form flourish. They successfully move on to a variety of destinations, which include further education, apprenticeships and employment. The school provides pupils with many opportunities that help them to develop their talents and interests. These include a ‘philosophy café’ and a range of clubs in sports, chess and ‘globetrotting’.”

Inspection

2024

In detail *

Read the full report

*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

Day and boarding Keswick School has origins dating back to the 14th century and today educates about 1,200 girls and boys aged 11 to 18.
The school aims to “maintain the highest expectations for all our students and seek excellence in everything we do”.
Keswick leads the Lakes Language Network with the aim to promote and improve the teaching of modern foreign languages across the Lake District, providing CPD and training opportunities for teaching staff, as well as careers advice and cultural events for pupils. Latin is offered as a subject taught weekly, following the Cambridge Latin course.
It is one of the 32 state boarding schools in England and Wales and pupils can board on a full, weekly or flexi-boarding basis. Full boarding fees for the 2025-2026 academic year are £14,946.
The Rosemary Aitken library opened in 1996 in honour of the school’s head girl of 1932, who served as a foundation governor later in life. It is open throughout the school day and is host to both the school’s Carnegie reading club and its writers and illustrators club.

admin@keswick.cumbria.sch.uk

Telephone

01768 772 605

Website

keswick.cumbria.sch.uk

Address

Vicarage Hill, Keswick, CA12 5QB

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