Dowdales School
Dalton-in-Furness, LA15 8AH
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 877 (423 boys, 454 girls)
- Capacity: 1050
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 20.9%
- Telephone: 01229469800
- Ofsted: Good (9 Jul 2019); ungraded inspection 5 Feb 2025: Standards maintained
- Attainment 8: 41.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 360 applications, 160 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Westmorland and Furness
- Chapel Street Infants and Nursery School (0.2 miles, straight line)
- George Romney Junior School (0.2 miles, straight line)
- Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-Furness (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursery (1.8 miles, straight line)
- Lindal and Marton Primary School (1.8 miles, straight line)
