Castle Park School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Kendal, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Castle Park School is a primary school in Kendal, Westmorland and Furness for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 22 October 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Castle Park 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception 2025, as at 23 of the 96 other Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers, the 12th highest first choices per offer of 111 Westmorland and Furness primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 7.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness is 13.4%.
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
- Sedbergh Drive, Kendal, LA9 6BE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 326 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 22 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils have a strong sense of belonging at this caring school.”
- “They are happy to be part of a community where they all work together.”
- “Pupils told inspectors that everyone who is kind and considerate is welcome at their school.”
To improve
- “However, the school has not focused sufficiently on helping pupils to develop their written and spoken communication skills.”
- “This hinders some pupils’ accuracy in their speech and in their written work.”
- “Nonetheless, in some lessons, they do not check closely enough how well pupils are learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 November 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) | 66% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heron Hill Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ghyllside Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas's CofE Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Vicarage Park CofE Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published