Goodly Dale Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Windermere, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Goodly Dale Primary School is a primary school in Windermere, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Goodly Dale Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 6 first-choice applications for 7 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- With 77 pupils on roll in January 2026, it had 17.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 15.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Westmorland and Furness schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lake Road, Windermere, LA23 2JX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 77 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this small, friendly school.”
- “Staff are extremely caring and there is a strong sense of family and belonging.”
- “Pupils of all ages get along very well together.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects the school has not clearly set out what pupils should learn in each year.”
- “In these subjects, pupils do not remember as much as they should.”
- “However, on occasion, the gaps and misunderstandings that some pupils develop in their learning are not addressed promptly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 6 first-preference applications, 7 offers in total, 6 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Westmorland and Furness.
- St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere 0.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Staveley CofE School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crosthwaite CofE School 4.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Ambleside CofE Primary School 4.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Primary School 6.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Coniston CofE Primary School 6.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published