St Oswald's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
St Oswald's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Kendal, Westmorland and Furness for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 June 2022. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
St Oswald's CofE 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
- For Reception 2026, there were 6 first-choice applications for 6 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 44% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 16.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.7 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
- Howgill Close, Burneside, Kendal, LA9 6QR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 88 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Oswald’s Church of England Primary School arrive happily each morning.”
- “They enjoy attending a caring, welcoming school with a friendly community atmosphere.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are warm.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “Some pupils struggle to write accurately and do not apply their knowledge of grammar and punctuation consistently.”
- “Some pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, find it difficult to build on what they have learned.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (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) | 44% | 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 Thomas's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stramongate Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ghyllside Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Castle Park School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Vicarage Park CofE Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heron Hill Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selside Endowed CofE Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published