Schools near LA8 8JU
Primary and secondary schools serving LA8 8JU, with inspection ratings, pupil numbers and distances.
- Neighbourhood
- Kendal North & Burneside
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,915 (2024)
LA8 8JUKendal
Schools near LA8 8JU
6 schools nearest LA8 8JU: 3 primary, 0 secondary and 3 other, including 2 independent. 100% of those with an Ofsted grade are rated good or better. The 5 that publish a capacity are 82% full overall, and one has more pupils than places.
Inspection ratings
- Excellent16.7%
- Good50%
- Not rated33.3%
The nearest schools
- St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · Faith school · 88 pupils · 74% fullGood1.6 miles · June 2022
- Cairn Education CICOther · ages 11–25 · Independent · 10 pupils · 100% fullNot rated2.0 miles
- Cambian Whinfell SchoolOther · ages 7–19 · Independent · Boys · 16 pupils · 89% fullNot rated2.0 miles
- St Thomas's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 239 pupils · 110% fullGood2.1 miles · April 2019
- Staveley CofE SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · Faith school · 79 pupils · 49% fullGood2.2 miles · November 2014
- Kendal Nursery SchoolNursery · ages 2–4 · 118 pupilsExcellent2.3 miles · October 2014
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.