Primary
Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal
Hawesmead Avenue, Kendal, LA9 5HB
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 134 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.0
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lancaster
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 12.7
- Pupils per adult
- 12.5
- Pupils
- 158
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 June 2024
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
75%
13 points above the Kendal average (62% across 13 schools)
109.0
2.4 above the Kendal average (106.6 across 13 schools)
3rd 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 | 107 |
| Average reading score | 109 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 75% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
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 | 71% |
| 23/24 | 76% |
| 24/25 | 75% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 110.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
Hawesmead Avenue, Kendal, LA9 5HB
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
- Clare Ritchie
- Address
- Hawesmead Avenue, Kendal, LA9 5HB
- Telephone
- 01539723363