Sandside Lodge School
Springfield Road, Ulverston, LA12 0DZ
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Helen Grice
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 92
- Pupils on roll
- 104
- URN
- 112466
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01229588825
About this school
Sandside Lodge School is a community special school in Ulverston. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 104 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Sandside Lodge School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 27 June 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good and saw signs of improvement; a full inspection will follow. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | - | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - |
Trends over time
How Sandside Lodge School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Westmorland and Furness average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 57% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 56.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 84 |
| 2023/24 | 92 |
| 2024/25 | 100 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.86%
- English as an additional language
- 1%
- Overall absence
- 8.57%
- Persistent absence
- 26.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Fell House School6.3 miles
Special schools · Grange-Over-Sands
-
South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service7.4 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Barrow-in-Furness
-
Moorfield Learning Centre7.7 miles
Independent schools
-
George Hastwell School Special Academy9.5 miles
Academies · Barrow-in-Furness
-
SwitchED29.6 miles
Special schools · Cumbria
Other schools in Ulverston
- Church Walk CofE Primary School Primary
- Croftlands Infant School Primary
- Croftlands Junior School Primary
- Leven Valley CofE Primary School Primary
- Lindal and Marton Primary School Primary
- Low Furness CofE Primary School Primary
- Pennington CofE School Primary
- Penny Bridge CofE School Primary
- Sir John Barrow School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston Primary
- Ulverston Victoria High School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Sandside Lodge School teach?
- Sandside Lodge School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Ulverston.
- Who is the headteacher of Sandside Lodge School?
- The headteacher of Sandside Lodge School is Miss Helen Grice, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Sandside Lodge School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sandside Lodge School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Sandside Lodge School?
- Sandside Lodge School has 104 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Sandside Lodge School full?
- Sandside Lodge School has capacity for 92 pupils and 104 on roll (113%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sandside Lodge School a faith school?
- No. Sandside Lodge School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Sandside Lodge School have?
- The schools register lists Sandside Lodge School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Sandside Lodge School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2023/24 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Sandside Lodge School's absence rate?
- Sandside Lodge School's overall absence rate is 8.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sandside Lodge School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sandside Lodge School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.