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Settlebeck School

General Information

  • Address: Long Lane, Sedbergh, LA10 5AL – View on map
  • Phone: 01539620383
  • Website: Visit school website
  • Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Campbell
  • Age range: 11-16 years
  • Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 32 families put it first for 32 places – 10 for every 10 places. 97% of them were offered a place. 4 of the 32 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
  • Sixth form: No
  • Intake: Mixed
  • Religious character: Does not apply
  • Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

203 pupils out of 220 places
  • Pupils eligible for free school meals: 27
  • % eligible for free school meals: 13.3%
  • Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Westmorland and Furness average)
  • English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

  • Teacher turnover: 15.9% a year (Westmorland and Furness 20.1%, typical in England 15.5%)
  • Where they went: about 17% moved to another school, 83% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
  • Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

Across Westmorland and Furness: suspensions by reason

  • Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 34 (2.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
  • Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
  • Suspensions for bullying: 49 (3.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
  • Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
  • Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

  • Overall absence: 9.0%
  • Persistently absent pupils: 21.8%
  • Data year: 2024/25

SEN

  • Resourced provision for Autism 12 places · 9 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

  • Pupils on SEN Support: 21.7%
  • Pupils with an EHC Plan: 16.3%
  • Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

  • Specific learning difficulty: 18 pupils
  • Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
  • Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
  • Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
  • Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

  • Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
  • Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
  • Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
  • Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
  • Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

  • Attainment 8 score: 44.0
  • Compared with the area: 1.7 points below the Westmorland and Furness average (45.7)
  • Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (−0.5 points against an expected 44.5)
  • Grade 4+ in English and maths: 62% (Westmorland and Furness 63%, England 65%) Falling
  • Data year: 2024/25

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GCSE results over time

2022/232023/242024/2550.247.844.0
This schoolWestmorland and Furness averageEngland Falling Down 6.2 points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 1.7 points below the Westmorland and Furness average (45.7).

Leaver Destinations

  • In education, employment, or training a year later: 98.0%
  • Went into further education: 80.0%
  • Data year: 2024/25

GCSE Subjects Offered

  • Maths (General)
  • English Literature
  • English Language
  • Religious Studies
  • Science Double Award
  • Food Technology
  • History
  • Biology
  • Physics (General)
  • Chemistry (General)
  • D & T
  • French Language
  • Geography
  • Media Studies
  • Art & Design
  • Computer Science
  • Speech & Drama

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Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)