Lindale CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Grange Over Sands · LA11 6LE · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 3–11
- KS233%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM11.4%
- Demand1.00
2.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 112343
Dean Barwick Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Grange-over-Sands · LA11 6RS
Ages 3–11 · 51 pupils · Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
9%
Overall absence
6.1%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-05-16
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)9%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 94.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 97.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)14.3%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 4.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 56
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
6
Places offered
6
1st-preference offers
6
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 10
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 6
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill78%
51 pupils · 65 places
- Pupils on roll
- 51
- Boys / girls
- 31 / 20
- School capacity
- 65
- Capacity fill
- 51 / 65 (78%)
- Free school meals
- 9.8%
- FSM pupils
- 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natalie Mellard
Location
- Address
- Witherslack
- Postcode
- LA11 6RS
- Town
- Grange-over-Sands
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Grange-over-Sands, Westmorland and Furness, 51 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 9.8%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Other independent special school
Grange-over-Sands · LA11 6SD · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 5–19
- Att85.1
- EM5+0%
1.4 miles away
Other independent special school
Cumbria · LA11 6RG · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 9–18
2.1 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natalie Mellard
- Telephone
- 01539552298