Schools in LA8
Primary and secondary schools serving LA8, with inspection ratings, pupil numbers and distances.
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Region
- North West
- Population
- 17,487 (2024)
LA8Postcode district · Kendal
Schools in LA8
18 schools in LA8: 13 primary, 0 secondary and 5 other, including 5 independent. 100% of those with an Ofsted grade are rated good or better. They’re 81% full overall, and 4 have more pupils than places.
Inspection ratings
- Excellent5.6%
- Good66.7%
- Not rated27.8%
The largest schools here
- Sedbergh SchoolOther · ages 13–19 · Independent · Faith school · 545 pupils · 88% fullNot rated9.4 miles
- St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · Faith school · 184 pupils · 88% fullGood2.1 miles · February 2023
- Crosthwaite CofE SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 109 pupils · 109% fullExcellent3.9 miles · January 2023
- Levens CofE SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 98 pupils · 93% fullGood4.1 miles · January 2023
- St Patrick's CofE SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · Faith school · 92 pupils · 105% fullGood4.8 miles · February 2024
- St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · Faith school · 88 pupils · 74% fullGood2.0 miles · June 2022
- Staveley CofE SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · Faith school · 79 pupils · 49% fullGood4.5 miles · November 2014
- Old Hutton CofE SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 78 pupils · 65% fullGood4.0 miles · March 2024
- Oversands SchoolOther · ages 5–19 · Independent · 73 pupils · 91% fullNot rated5.7 miles
- Grayrigg CofE SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · Faith school · 67 pupils · 120% fullGood5.4 miles · February 2020
- Crosscrake CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · Faith school · 55 pupils · 60% fullGood3.5 miles · March 2023
- Dean Barwick Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 51 pupils · 78% fullGood6.8 miles · March 2023
- Lindale CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 47 pupils · 75% fullGood9.2 miles · February 2024
- Selside Endowed CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · Faith school · 33 pupils · 45% fullGood4.6 miles · March 2024
- Dent CofE Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 30 pupils · 54% fullGood13 miles · January 2024
- SwitchED2Other · ages 9–18 · Independent · 17 pupils · 106% fullNot rated7.5 miles
- Appletree SchoolOther · ages 6–12 · Independent · 12 pupils · 67% fullNot rated2.2 miles
- Cairn Education CICOther · ages 11–25 · Independent · 10 pupils · 100% fullNot rated4.3 miles
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.