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Stramongate Primary School

Westmorland and Furness, LA9 4BTPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
5 Good
May 2025
KS2 Results
69%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.0×
Not oversubscribed
25 1st-choice / 25 places
Ranking
#4,660
of 13,686 nationally

About Stramongate Primary School

Stramongate Primary School in Westmorland and Furness holds a Good rating from Ofsted following its most recent inspection in 2025, with all graded areas — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, early years provision, and leadership and management — each judged Good. The most telling academic metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which sits at 69%. That is comfortably above the local authority average of 58% for primary schools, placing Stramongate 31st out of 121 schools of the same type in Westmorland and Furness. In national terms, the school ranks in the top 34% of all primary schools on this measure. The picture is strongest in maths, where 90% of pupils hit the expected standard and the average scaled score reached 107, while reading and writing expected rates were 77% and 79% respectively. Higher standard attainment is more modest — 8% reached the higher benchmark across all three subjects — but the school’s overall performance is solidly above the local norm.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressBlackhall Road, Kendal, Westmorland and Furness, LA9 4BT
HeadteacherRoss Knaggs
Local AuthorityWestmorland and Furness
Number of Pupils261
Free School Meals (FSM)22.2%
School Capacity261 / 420 (62% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

13 May 2025
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Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.

Source: Ofsted, 19 Jun 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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DyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

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Stramongate Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.