Schools in Coniston
Coniston has 2 schools listed on OfferDay. It is in the Westmorland and Furness local authority area.
About schools in Coniston
The two schools listed in Coniston span more than one stage of education. Its one secondary school is where pupils go on to after primary. A single primary school covers the early school years.
Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
Primary schools1
The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
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Coniston CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11
27%expected standard
Secondary schools1
The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.
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John Ruskin School
Community school · Ages 11 to 16
52.9Attainment 8
Schools near Coniston
With only 2 schools listed in Coniston itself, most families here also look further afield. These are the 19 schools closest to the centre of Coniston by straight-line distance, wherever they sit administratively — the nearest is Coniston CofE Primary School, about 0.1 miles away.
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Coniston CofE Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Coniston
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John Ruskin School0.1 miles
Secondary · Coniston
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Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Hawkshead
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Langdale CofE School4.9 miles
Primary · Ambleside
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Windermere School5.7 miles
Independent schools · The Lake District
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Ambleside CofE Primary School6.1 miles
Primary · Ambleside
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The Lakes School6.3 miles
Secondary · Windermere
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Grasmere CofE Primary School6.4 miles
Primary · Ambleside
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Goodly Dale Primary School6.4 miles
Primary · Windermere
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St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere6.6 miles
Primary · Windermere
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St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School6.7 miles
Primary · Windermere
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Broughton CofE Primary and Nursery School8.4 miles
Primary · Broughton-in-Furness
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Leven Valley CofE Primary School8.8 miles
Primary · Ulverston
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Penny Bridge CofE School9.3 miles
Primary · Ulverston
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Crosthwaite CofE School9.5 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Burlington CofE School10.2 miles
Primary · Kirkby-in-Furness
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Thwaites School10.8 miles
Primary · Millom
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Oversands School10.9 miles
Special schools · Grange-over-Sands
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Dean Barwick Primary School11.6 miles
Primary · Grange-over-Sands
Common questions about schools in Coniston
- How many schools are in Coniston?
- OfferDay lists two schools in Coniston, including one primary school and one secondary school.
- Who inspects schools in Coniston?
- Every school in Coniston is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
- Which are the best schools in Coniston?
- OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Coniston does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
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. Information on this page was last updated on 29 June 2026.