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Secondary · LA9 · Westmorland and Furness

Kirkbie Kendal School

Lound Road, Kendal, LA9 7EQ

KIRKBIE KENDAL SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance95.2%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.12
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils1029

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Still judged Good — latest visit raised some concerns (see full report).

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in LA9. Where we have them, council (Westmorland and Furness) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1029
Free school meals
15.6%
0.1% below district average (15.7%)

Also: Westmorland and Furness 15.9% · England 25.8%

SEN
20.7%
0.5% below district average (21.2%)

Also: Westmorland and Furness 20.3% · England 16.5%

EAL
5.4%
2.7% below district average (8.1%)
Attendance
95.2%
Same as district average (95.2%)

Also: Westmorland and Furness 92.1% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
12.3%
Progress 8
+0.12 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
50.1
Grade 5+ English & maths
57.4%
Grade 4+ English & maths
75.6%
Entered for EBacc
28.4%
EBacc average point score
4.37

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the LA9 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2196.7%
  • 2021/2292.5%
  • 2022/2391.7%
  • 2023/2491.9%
  • 2024/2593.2%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
1015
Pupils on roll
1029

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Westmorland and Furness page.

SEN support

SEN %
20.7%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates