St Oswald's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Kendal · LA9 6QR · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 2–11
- KS250%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM12.8%
3.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 112264
Staveley CofE School
Voluntary controlled school · Kendal · LA8 9PH
Ages 4–11 · 79 pupils · Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
83%
Overall absence
4.6%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-11-19
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)83%
Higher standard (RWM)13%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)9.3%
Unauthorised1.3%
- Authorised absence
- 3.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 86
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill49%
79 pupils · 160 places
- Pupils on roll
- 79
- Boys / girls
- 34 / 45
- School capacity
- 160
- Capacity fill
- 79 / 160 (49%)
- Free school meals
- 12.7%
- FSM pupils
- 10
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Carlisle
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Miss Lisa Strange
Location
- Address
- Brow Lane, Staveley
- Postcode
- LA8 9PH
- Town
- Kendal
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Urban/rural
- Larger 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 controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Kendal, Westmorland and Furness, 79 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 12.7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Carlisle.
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
Cumbria · LA8 9LN · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 11–25
0.3 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Lisa Strange
- Telephone
- 01539821218