Graded inspection · Oct 2024 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 |
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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 entry64 applications · 30 places offered · 30 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2024 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2023 2.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2022 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2021 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2020 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2018 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2017 2.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2016 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Westmorland and Furness median
Dashed bars: as Castle Park School (URN 112189), the previous school.
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 | 30 | 64 | 2.1 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 41 | 69 | 1.7 | 41 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 37 | 53 | 1.4 | 37 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 22 | 50 | 2.3 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 36 | 56 | 1.6 | 36 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 46 | 75 | 1.6 | 46 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 51 | 75 | 1.5 | 52 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2019 | 40 | 77 | 1.9 | 36 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 | 45 | 72 | 1.6 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 25 | 66 | 2.6 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 36 | 62 | 1.7 | 36 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 36 | 64 | 1.8 | 36 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 29 | 55 | 1.9 | 27 | 0.93 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 81% · Writing 81% · Maths 72% → all three 66% 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 | 66% | 11% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 8% | 105 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 62% | 8% | 106 | 104 |
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
- Castle Park SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20221.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20234.8applications per place
- 2.1 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20242.3applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20232.4applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 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
- 142693 · 943/2320
- Capacity
- 315 pupils · 326 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2016
- Replaced
- Castle Park School (URN 112189)
- Address
- Sedbergh Drive, Kendal, LA9 6BE
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources