Grayrigg CofE School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Grayrigg CofE School is a primary school in Kendal, Westmorland and Furness for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Grayrigg 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 2026 Reception entry there were 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school had 67 pupils on roll in January 2026 and 11.7 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
- Grayrigg, Kendal, LA8 9BU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 67 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, arrive at school each morning happy and eager to learn.”
- “Pupils and their families receive a warm welcome from staff, who know them well.”
- “The school is at the very heart of its community.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, pupils do not have enough opportunities to revisit important knowledge that was taught in the past.”
- “This means that pupils’ ability to recall knowledge over the long-term is variable.”
- “As a result, pupils’ achievement across some parts of the curriculum is weaker than in others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 2025 (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) | 53% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.
- Selside Endowed CofE Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Castle Park School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stramongate Primary School 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Primary School 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas's CofE Primary School 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heron Hill Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tebay Primary School 5.0 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Ghyllside Primary School 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published