St Thomas's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Kendal, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.12 miles
Published by Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Thomas's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Kendal, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
St Thomas'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 | 1.12 mi |
| 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 2025, the last child offered a place lived 1.12 miles from the school.
- In 1 of the 2 years with a published Reception outcome (2024 and 2025), every applicant was offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, there were 23 first-choice applications for 23 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Kendal Green, Kendal, LA9 5PP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 239 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this popular and friendly school.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils’ academic success.”
- “It fosters pupils’ curiosity and concentration effectively from a young age.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, staff sometimes do not identify and address misconceptions.”
- “They are not clear about how well pupils have learned what was intended.”
- “This affects how well pupils learn in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 October 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) | 48% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 23 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.
- Stramongate Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ghyllside Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Castle Park School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Vicarage Park CofE Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heron Hill Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published