Old Hutton CofE School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Kendal, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Old Hutton CofE School is a primary school in Kendal, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 March 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Old Hutton CofE 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 6 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 54% figure for 2024/25 was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness that have results.
- With 78 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 12.8 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness is 21.3.
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
- Old Hutton, Kendal, LA8 0NQ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 78 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, arrive at school happy and excited about what they are going to learn.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning and playing with friends of all ages.”
- “Parents and carers hold the school in high regard.”
To improve
- “As a result, occasionally, there is inconsistency in how well some staff deliver the curriculum in these subjects.”
- “From time to time, this affects how deeply some pupils build on their prior learning.”
- “The 2023 published data indicates that the progress of pupils in mathematics was low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 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) | 54% | 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, 6 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 Patrick's CofE School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crosscrake CofE Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heron Hill Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Castle Park School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Vicarage Park CofE Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ghyllside Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published