Goodly Dale Primary SchoolSt Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Windermere.

Summary of the comparison

Goodly Dale Primary School and St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School are primary schools in Windermere.

  • Goodly Dale Primary School scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Goodly Dale Primary School was judged the expected standard and St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 73.0% for Goodly Dale Primary School and 47.0% for St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Goodly Dale Primary School (62.0% in 2022-23, 73.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School (74.0% in 2022-23, 47.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Goodly Dale Primary School versus St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WindermereGoodly Dale Primary SchoolWindermereSt Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD51/100C55/100Stronger figure
Local ranking71st of 121 in Westmorland and Furness 60th of 121 in Westmorland and Furness Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll77 336
Capacity98 420
LocationWindermere, LA23 2JX Windermere, LA23 2DD
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard73.0% Stronger figure47.0% 62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 2.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 105.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census78 361
Free school meals (ever 6)13.7% 8.6%
English as an additional language24.4% 13.3%
SEN support17.9% 9.4%
SEN with an EHC plan7.7% 3.9%
Attendance
Overall absence5.4% 4.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence10.4% 6.8% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Goodly Dale Primary School

St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School

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