Keswick School

We are delighted to welcome into our highly aspirational Sixth Form students from across Cumbria and, with our boarding students, from around the world. This adds to our wide and distinctive student community, which is both friendly and inclusive.

Staff and Sixth Form students work in partnership together, and so whether you are joining us from Year 11 at Keswick School or another school, you will be supported and guided to fulfil your potential. We offer exceptional preparation for A Levels as well as life beyond Sixth Form. Our students progress onto a wide range of destinations, both at university and apprenticeship level.

You will benefit from an experienced and highly qualified team of teaching and pastoral staff. The experience and skill of the teaching body, coupled with a strong pastoral system committed to the success of every student, means that we have a strong record in A Levels and other Level 3 vocational qualifications.

We have a purpose-built Sixth Form Centre that provides students with workspaces separate from the main school. The study areas are Wi-Fi enabled and permanently staffed by Sixth Form Learning Supervisors who support students with their private independent study. The Head of Sixth Form and Heads of Year have permanent offices in this building and are readily available.

The school offers excellent learning facilities in all subjects, including dedicated IT suites, Wi-Fi, and an award-winning library staffed by a professional librarian. We have outstanding provision for music, drama, and dance in the Crosthwaite Music Centre, the Judi Dench Performing Arts Theatre, and the dance studio.

In 2018, we completed the build of the new International Languages Centre, containing dedicated modern classrooms equipped with superb IT facilities to support teaching and learning, along with the addition of a new physics lab to the science teaching rooms. There is a sports hall, a gym, a climbing wall, and a range of outdoor pitches offering first-rate recreational opportunities.

Above all, we recognise that whatever step you take after your GCSEs in Year 11 must be a positive step that will take you forward and lead to success. We endeavour to help you achieve this, but it must be a shared commitment. We are looking for students who want to return to school and who want to succeed.