Schools near LA8 8LA
Primary and secondary schools serving LA8 8LA, with inspection ratings, pupil numbers and distances.
- Neighbourhood
- Windermere South & Staveley
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,212 (2024)
LA8 8LAKendal
Schools near LA8 8LA
6 schools nearest LA8 8LA: 4 primary, 0 secondary and 2 other, including 2 independent. 100% of those with an Ofsted grade are rated good or better. They’re 87% full overall, and 2 have more pupils than places.
Inspection ratings
- Excellent16.7%
- Good50%
- Not rated33.3%
The nearest schools
- Cairn Education CICOther · ages 11–25 · Independent · 10 pupils · 100% fullNot rated1.9 miles
- Staveley CofE SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · Faith school · 79 pupils · 49% fullGood2.1 miles · November 2014
- St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · Faith school · 88 pupils · 74% fullGood2.5 miles · June 2022
- Crosthwaite CofE SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 109 pupils · 109% fullExcellent2.7 miles · January 2023
- Cambian Whinfell SchoolOther · ages 7–19 · Independent · Boys · 16 pupils · 89% fullNot rated2.8 miles
- St Thomas's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 239 pupils · 110% fullGood3.0 miles · April 2019
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.