Graded inspection · Jul 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 15 July 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 27 March 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry94 applications · 59 places offered · 59 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2023 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2022 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2021 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2020 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2018 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2017 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2016 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2015 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2014 1.8; 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 | 59 | 94 | 1.6 | 59 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 55 | 95 | 1.7 | 54 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 52 | 90 | 1.7 | 52 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 59 | 105 | 1.8 | 60 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2022 | 56 | 102 | 1.8 | 56 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 52 | 107 | 2.1 | 52 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 59 | 119 | 2.0 | 57 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 102 | 1.7 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2018 | 59 | 110 | 1.9 | 59 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 55 | 102 | 1.9 | 55 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 55 | 103 | 1.9 | 55 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 53 | 99 | 1.9 | 50 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 105 | 1.8 | 68 | 1.13 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 86% · Writing 83% · Maths 83% → all three 78% 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 | 78% | 3% | 108 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 6% | 105 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 61% | 10% | 106 | 105 |
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
- Ghyllside Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20234.8applications per place
- 0.7 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20242.3applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20221.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20232.4applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · Westmorland and Furness20262.8applications per place 44%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
- 138744 · 943/2318
- Trust
- Ghyllside School
- Capacity
- 459 pupils · 424 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- Ghyllside Primary School (URN 112187)
- Address
- Gillinggate, Kendal, LA9 4JB
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources