Best Primary Schools in Kendal

We checked all 16 primary schools in Kendal, Westmorland and Furness, and list every one: 13 ranked, then 3 without a rank.

Schools checked: 16
Ranked: 13
Without a rank: 3

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Kendal. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Westmorland and Furness. Westmorland and Furness also has rankings for Penrith, Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston.

Ranked primary schools in Kendal

Rank 1
Crosthwaite CofE School
Local authority maintained, 109 pupils, inspected March 2017
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
80%
Higher standard
20%
Rank 2
St Patrick's CofE School
Local authority maintained, 92 pupils, inspected June 2014
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
71%
Higher standard
14%
Rank 3
Heron Hill Primary School
Local authority maintained, 419 pupils, inspected July 2014
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
69%
Higher standard
6%
Rank 4
Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal
Academy, 134 pupils, inspected April 2016
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
75%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 5
Castle Park School
Academy, 326 pupils, inspected October 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good
Expected standard
66%
Higher standard
11%
Rank 6
Stramongate Primary School
Academy, 237 pupils, inspected May 2025
Ofsted judgements: Good
Expected standard
73%
Higher standard
2%
Rank 7
Old Hutton CofE School
Local authority maintained, 78 pupils, inspected March 2024
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
54%
Higher standard
15%
Rank 8
Ghyllside Primary School
Academy, 424 pupils, inspected July 2025
Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
Expected standard
78%
Higher standard
3%
Rank 9
Grayrigg CofE School
Local authority maintained, 67 pupils, inspected February 2020
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
53%
Higher standard
13%
Rank 10
Staveley CofE School
Local authority maintained, 79 pupils, inspected November 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good
Expected standard
55%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 11
Levens CofE School
Local authority maintained, 98 pupils, inspected April 2014
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
38%
Higher standard
13%
Rank 12
St Thomas's CofE Primary School
Local authority maintained, 239 pupils, inspected September 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
Expected standard
48%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 13
St Oswald's CofE Primary School
Local authority maintained, 88 pupils, inspected June 2013
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
44%
Higher standard
0%

Primary schools in Kendal without a rank

Crosscrake CofE Primary School
Local authority maintained, 55 pupils, inspected November 2012
Ofsted: Good
Selside Endowed CofE Primary School
Local authority maintained, 33 pupils, inspected February 2019
Ofsted: Good
Vicarage Park CofE Primary School
Local authority maintained, 109 pupils, inspected September 2017
Ofsted: Good