Vicarage Park CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D46
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Kendal, LA9 5BP
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Ghyllside Primary School
Gillinggate, Kendal, LA9 4JB
Local ranking30th of 121 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
459
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 15 July 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 78.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 3.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 449
- Boys
- 200 (45%)
- Girls
- 249 (55%)
- Capacity
- 459 (98% full)
- SEND
- 12.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.7%
- EAL
- 8.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 9.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,274/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 5.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.3%
- White Other: 6.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.2%
- Black Caribbean: 0.2%
89.3%
White British
6.9%
White Other
1.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Gillinggate
Kendal, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 138744
- UKPRN
- 10038639
- Establishment No.
- 2318
- Trust
- GHYLLSIDE SCHOOL
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