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Goodly Dale Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 77Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 112191URN

Lake Road, Windermere, LA23 2JX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
close to Westmorland and Furness median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Westmorland and Furness

12 applications for 7 places
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
73%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 1 October 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 1 October 2024
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 22 June 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.7applications per place, Reception
close to Westmorland and Furness median (1.9) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

12 applications · 7 places offered · 6 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  2. 2025 3.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
  4. 2023 3.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
  8. 2019 2.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  9. 2018 3.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  10. 2017 4.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  11. 2016 5.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  12. 2015 2.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Westmorland and Furness median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Westmorland and Furness median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20267121.760.86
Sep 20255173.451.00
Sep 202410181.8101.00
Sep 202310313.1101.00
Sep 202211211.9111.00
Sep 202110282.8101.00
Sep 20209182.091.00
Sep 201913382.9131.00
Sep 201813393.0131.00
Sep 20174184.541.00
Sep 20168405.081.00
Sep 201516422.6161.00
Sep 201410262.680.80

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 82% · Writing 73% · Maths 82% → all three 73% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard73%22nd of 97 in Westmorland and Furness
Reading
Expected standard82%
Higher standard36%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard73%
Greater depth9%
Maths
Expected standard82%
Higher standard9%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Westmorland and Furness median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2573%0%107104
2023/2483%0%107103
2022/2362%0%103102

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
112191 · 943/2322
Capacity
98 pupils · 77 on roll
Free school meals
12.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Lake Road, Windermere, LA23 2JX
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources