Appleby Grammar School
Academy converter · sixth form · 357 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.7
Community special school
Sandgate School
- Pupils on roll
- 166of 160 places
- Free school meals
- 34.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 13
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 21 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 12 pupils who finished Year 11 at Sandgate School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Sandgate School’s own sixth form (Westmorland and Furness average 32%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Westmorland and Furness and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Sandgate School | Westmorland and Furness | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 12 | 2,451 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 95% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 92% | 78% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 32% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 45% | 37% |
| — other education | 92% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 11% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 1% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness
Cartmel Priory CofE School
Academy converter · 371 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.2
Chetwynde School
Free schools · 508 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Dallam School
Academy converter · sixth form · 761 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.1
Dowdales School
Community school · 877 pupils
70% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.8
Furness Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,187 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.