Schools near LA8 8JS
Primary and secondary schools serving LA8 8JS, with inspection ratings, pupil numbers and distances.
- Neighbourhood
- Kendal North & Burneside
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,915 (2024)
LA8 8JSKendal
Schools near LA8 8JS
8 schools within 2.0 miles of LA8 8JS: 5 primary, 0 secondary and 3 other, including 2 independent. 100% of those with an Ofsted grade are rated good or better. The 7 that publish a capacity are 77% full overall, and one has more pupils than places.
Inspection ratings
- Excellent12.5%
- Good62.5%
- Not rated25%
The nearest schools
- Cambian Whinfell SchoolOther · ages 7–19 · Independent · Boys · 16 pupils · 89% fullNot rated1.4 miles
- Kendal Nursery SchoolNursery · ages 2–4 · 118 pupilsExcellent1.6 miles · October 2014
- St Thomas's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 239 pupils · 110% fullGood1.6 miles · April 2019
- Ghyllside Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 424 pupils · 92% fullGood1.7 miles · March 2024
- St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · Faith school · 88 pupils · 74% fullGood1.8 miles · June 2022
- South Lakes AcademyOther · ages 11–25 · Independent · 12 pupils · 100% fullNot rated1.9 miles
- Stramongate Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · 237 pupils · 56% fullGood1.9 miles · January 2020
- Vicarage Park CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · Faith school · 109 pupils · 52% fullGood2.0 miles · February 2023
Ofsted replaced single overall grades with report cards in November 2025. The rating shown here reflects each school’s latest inspection: its new report card where it has one, or its most recent graded inspection otherwise. Check the inspection date beside each school.
Occupancy compares pupils on roll with published school capacity. Sources: Department for Education (Get Information About Schools), Ofsted, and the Welsh and Scottish school registers. Open Government Licence v3.0.