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GCSE Results 2012 – Overall, 95.5% of students at the college – which was rated by the
Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) as ‘most improved secondary school in the North West’ in 2010 – gained five or more A*–C grades, compared with last year's 92%. Over the last 3 years, the college has
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In May 2012, controversy arose as Nigel
Pattinson, the Headteacher, was given a pay rise at a time when the school was making staff redundant, and was short of money. The governors defended their actions saying that the rise was due to the school meeting the targets that they had set for Mr
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The character of the school comes from two main factors. The first is its enormous catchment area, one of the largest in
England at around 600 square miles. The second is the existence of its neighbour and great rival,
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Mr David
Robinson served as headmaster until April 2004, then the school was led by Mr Stewart Gimber as the Headteacher. Ullswater had a ‘good’ inspection in 2006, but in 2009, it was given a ‘notice to improve’ by
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Mr
Pattinson left in 2017, succeeded by Mr Nick Ellery, who had worked at the school for many years. Mr Ellery retired in 2019, when Mr Stephen Gilby took over as Headteacher.
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January 2011, construction of a new training centre began, and was completed in September 2011. The new "Applied Learning Centre" was opened on 29 November 2011, by
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merged. The school still has two sets of all facilities (two halls, two gyms, two kitchens) and there is still the 'mixed yard' in the middle of the school.
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The two main blocks of the school consist of the former schools, now renamed
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Cumbria in 1974. Along with Eamont Block for students with learning disabilities, Eden Block, Resources and Rural Science blocks
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visited the college to look at the work done in applied subjects, such as
Construction, Motor Vehicle and Hair and Beauty.
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improved its results from 54% in 2009 to the current figure of 95.5%.
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344:"Ofsted School Report - Ullswater Community College 2014"
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The school was given a "Good" Ofsted rating in 2023.
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243:The School was formed under the name of
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278:('QEGS'). QEGS is a selective school.
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557:St John Henry Newman Catholic School
304:Cumberland & Westmorland Herald
726:Barrow-in-Furness Technical School
552:St Benedict's Catholic High School
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716:Barrow-in-Furness Grammar Schools
547:St Bernard's Catholic High School
562:St Joseph's Catholic High School
288:Business and Enterprise College
122:1980 (as Ullswater High School)
16:Secondary school in Penrith, UK
847:1980 establishments in England
592:Ulverston Victoria High School
522:Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
276:Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
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766:Southfield Technology College
711:Aspatria Agricultural College
497:Kirkby Stephen Grammar School
222:https://www.ullswatercc.co.uk
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673:Sixth form & FE colleges
537:Richard Rose Central Academy
437:Beacon Hill Community School
587:Ullswater Community College
542:Richard Rose Morton Academy
301:Pattinson. However, in the
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24:Ullswater Community College
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680:Barrow Sixth Form College
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791:Wyndham School, Egremont
771:Town Bank Grammar School
746:John Whinnerah Institute
741:Hawkshead Grammar School
512:Nelson Thomlinson School
416:Holme St Cuthbert School
257:secondary modern schools
138:Department for Education
577:Solway Community School
232:(UCC) is a large mixed
131:Westmorland and Furness
776:Urswick Grammar School
607:The Whitehaven Academy
532:Queen Katherine School
527:Queen Elizabeth School
432:Appleby Grammar School
295:The Duke of Gloucester
612:William Howard School
492:Kirkbie Kendal School
447:Cartmel Priory School
245:Ullswater High School
801:includes schools in
567:Samuel King's School
348:Ofsted School Report
234:comprehensive school
88:54.65937°N 2.74921°W
751:Newton Rigg College
626:Independent schools
312:The Prince of Wales
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617:Workington Academy
602:West Lakes Academy
482:John Ruskin School
457:Cockermouth School
93:54.65937; -2.74921
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761:Salterbeck School
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648:Windermere School
572:Settlebeck School
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425:Secondary schools
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113:Foundation School
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104:Information
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66:Coordinates
821:Categories
803:Cumberland
331:References
264:Cumberland
76:54°39′34″N
253:Ullswater
249:Tynefield
199:Colour(s)
191:Enrolment
79:2°44′57″W
55:CA11 8NG
396:England
391:Cumbria
350:. 2014.
255:(boys)
218:Website
159:Reports
59:England
50:Cumbria
44:Penrith
29:Address
284:Ofsted
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