John Ruskin School

Term dates

Westmorland and Furness council sets the term dates for this school. See all Westmorland and Furness dates, taken from the council's own page.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

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Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 52 families put this school as their first choice, and 46 places were offered. 46 of the families who put it first got a place (88%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 15 October 2019. Overall: Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Short (ungraded) inspection, 26 March 2025: Improved significantly.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Community school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

247 (capacity 230)

Gender

Mixed

Phone

01539441306

Address

Lake Road, Coniston, LA21 8EW

Website

jrs.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports