Primary
Ghyllside Primary School
Gillinggate, Kendal, LA9 4JB
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 424 of 459 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- GHYLLSIDE SCHOOL
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 34.8
- Pupils per adult
- 13.0
- Pupils
- 451
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected July 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2024
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
SATs results
78%
16 points above the Kendal average (62% across 13 schools)
108.0
1.4 above the Kendal average (106.6 across 13 schools)
8th of 16 by our score, among the primary schools in Kendal we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 105 |
| Average reading score | 108 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 78% |
| Working at a higher standard | 3% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 61% |
| 23/24 | 69% |
| 24/25 | 78% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
Gillinggate, Kendal, LA9 4JB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Westmorland and Furness admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Huw Davies
- Address
- Gillinggate, Kendal, LA9 4JB
- Telephone
- 01539814930