Graded inspection · May 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Westmorland and Furness
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 13 May 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 29 January 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry38 applications · 19 places offered · 19 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2025 2.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2023 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2022 2.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2021 2.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2020 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 2.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2018 2.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2017 2.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2016 2.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2015 2.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2014 2.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 19 | 38 | 2.0 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 57 | 2.3 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 37 | 66 | 1.8 | 37 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 31 | 59 | 1.9 | 30 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 32 | 81 | 2.5 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 33 | 78 | 2.4 | 31 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 44 | 93 | 2.1 | 43 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 36 | 88 | 2.4 | 34 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 | 45 | 112 | 2.5 | 46 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2017 | 47 | 101 | 2.2 | 47 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 52 | 117 | 2.3 | 51 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 130 | 2.2 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2014 | 47 | 106 | 2.3 | 46 | 0.98 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 75% · Writing 79% · Maths 90% → all three 73% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Westmorland and Furness median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 73% | 2% | 106 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 8% | 106 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 72% | 8% | 106 | 107 |
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
- Stramongate Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20234.8applications per place
- 1.5 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20221.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20242.3applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · Westmorland and Furness20262.8applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20232.4applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 137962 · 943/2319
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 237 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2012
- Replaced
- Stramongate Primary School (URN 112188)
- Address
- Blackhall Road, Kendal, LA9 4BT
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources