Stramongate Primary SchoolCastle Park School

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

Summary of the comparison

Stramongate Primary School and Castle Park School are primary schools in Kendal.

  • Stramongate Primary School scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Castle Park School scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Stramongate Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Stramongate Primary School was judged the expected standard and Castle Park School was judged the expected standard.

  • 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 Stramongate Primary School and 66.0% for Castle Park School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Stramongate Primary School (72.0% in 2022-23, 73.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Castle Park School (62.0% in 2022-23, 66.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Stramongate Primary School versus Castle Park School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure KendalStramongate Primary SchoolKendalCastle Park SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC64/100Stronger figureD53/100
Local ranking25th of 121 in Westmorland and Furness Stronger figure64th of 121 in Westmorland and Furness
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll261 338
Capacity420 315
LocationKendal, LA9 4BT Kendal, LA9 6BE
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard73.0% Stronger figure66.0% 62.0%
At higher standard2.0% 11.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census261 338
Free school meals (ever 6)23.4% 8.7%
English as an additional language14.6% 5.6%
SEN support10.7% 6.5%
SEN with an EHC plan3.5% 3.5%
Attendance
Overall absence4.7% Stronger figure4.8% 6.2%
Persistent absence11.2% 9.9% 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.

Stramongate Primary School

Castle Park School

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