Walney School
About the school
Walney School is an open secondary school in Westmorland and Furness.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 7 May 2025
- Published
- 14 July 2025
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 38.7
- Westmorland and Furness
- 45.4
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Westmorland and Furness
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 21.90%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 42.30%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 41.20%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 62.50%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 7.00%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 24.40%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.19
- Westmorland and Furness
- 3.9
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
518
Girls
47.68%
Boys
52.32%
SEN support
19.88%
Education, health and care plan
7.34%
English as an additional language
2.70%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
25.87%
Overall absence
9.3
Persistent absence
26.44
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
99
Sustained education or employment
93%
Education
52%
Apprenticeship
36%
Employment
5%
Not sustained
6%