Crosthwaite CofE School
Primary · Voluntary aided 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 🔒
Crosthwaite CofE School is a primary school in Kendal, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 18 January 2023. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Crosthwaite 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
- For Reception 2026, there were 9 first-choice applications for 9 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 20.2 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
- Crosthwaite, Kendal, LA8 8HT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 109 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 18 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, flourish in Crosthwaite C of E School.”
- “They love coming to school and being with their friends.”
- “Pupils are extremely happy and feel safe in school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 February 2023 (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) | 80% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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.
- Ghyllside Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Vicarage Park CofE Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Levens CofE School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Goodly Dale Primary School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas's CofE Primary School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere 4.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published