Keswick School, Keswick

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In 2026, pupils at Keswick School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 40.4 in Cumberland and 47 across England.

55% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 32% in Cumberland and 47% in England.

That is down from 52.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.39: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 39.3, against 52.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Physics, Biology and Chemistry.

For September 2026 entry, 199 families put Keswick School as their first choice and 381 named it as one of their preferences, for 200 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Keswick School is one of 2 schools run by Keswick School Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 209 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 25% to a further education college, 7% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 130 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 52% went on to university or other higher education, 15% to apprenticeships and 22% into work. 24% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

8.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 3.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 133 pupils (11%) received SEN support and 20 (1.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

Keswick School had 95 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Keswick School.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School (at), 240 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 41 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cumberland (22), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Keswick School issued 77 suspensions, 6.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Keswick School are St Herbert's CofE (VA) Primary and Nursery School (1 mile) and Braithwaite CofE Primary School (1.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.