Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal is a primary school in Kendal, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 June 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal 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, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure of 75% was the 3rd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness that have results.
- For Reception 2025, every applicant was offered a place, as at 23 of the 96 other Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- Pupils eligible for free school meals make up 3.7%, against a middle figure of 13.4% 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
- Hawesmead Avenue, Kendal, LA9 5HB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 134 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this friendly and inviting school.”
- “They told the inspector that everybody is welcomed and made to feel equal at their school.”
- “Pupils look forward to seeing their friends each day, which helps them to feel happy.”
To improve
- “Nonetheless, in a few subjects, staff’s effectiveness in delivering learning activities varies.”
- “At times, this limits how much and how well pupils learn the intended curriculum.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects that the school has recently redeveloped, teachers do not establish well enough how secure pupils’ previous learning is.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 July 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) | 75% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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.
- Vicarage Park CofE Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ghyllside Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heron Hill Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stramongate Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Castle Park School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas's CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published