UK Schools
Ullswater Community College
Ullswater Community College is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness Council, teaching 1,520 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in April 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 41 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Ullswater Community College.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Ullswater Community College.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Students return to school Tuesday 22 April 2025 Event
- May Bank Holiday (School Closed) Monday 5 May 2025 Holiday
- Half Term Holiday Monday 26 May 2025 - Friday 30 May 2025 Holiday
- Students return to school Monday 2 June 2025 Event
- INSET Day (School closed for students) Monday 30 June 2025 Inset Day
- Last day of term Tuesday 22 July 2025 Term
- INSET (School closed for students) Monday 1 September 2025 Inset Day
- INSET (School closed for students) Tuesday 2 September 2025 Inset Day
- First day of term for all students Wednesday 3 September 2025 Term
- INSET (School closed for students) Friday 3 October 2025 Inset Day
- Half Term Holiday Monday 27 October 2025 - Friday 31 October 2025 Holiday
- Students return to school Monday 3 November 2025 Event
- INSET (School closed for students) Friday 28 November 2025 Inset Day
- Last day of term Friday 19 December 2025 Term
- INSET (School closed for students) Monday 5 January 2026 Inset Day
- Students return to school Tuesday 6 January 2026 Event
- Half Term Holiday Monday 16 February 2026 - Friday 20 February 2026 Holiday
- Students return to school Monday 23 February 2026 Event
- Last day of term Friday 27 March 2026 Term
- Students return to school Monday 13 April 2026 Event
- May Bank Holiday (School Closed) Monday 4 May 2026 Holiday
- Half Term Holiday Monday 25 May 2026 - Friday 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Students return to school Monday 1 June 2026 Event
- INSET (School closed for students) Friday 26 June 2026 Inset Day
- Last day of term Friday 17 July 2026 Term
- INSET (School closed for students) Monday 20 July 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Ullswater Community College with Westmorland and Furness Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 41 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 31.23 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 24.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 92% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 90% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Ullswater Community College. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Ullswater Community College than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.