Ghyllside Primary School
Primary schoolGhyllside Primary School is a primary school in Westmorland and Furness, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 424 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 July 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 78% of pupils at Ghyllside Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Westmorland and Furness and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Westmorland and Furness | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Vicarage Park CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023580 m
- South Lakes AcademySpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file630 m
- Kendal CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file680 m
- Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, KendalPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Kendal Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, January 2025870 m
- Kirkbie Kendal SchoolSecondary. School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, May 2024. Attainment 8 of 47.5 (2025/26, provisional)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Westmorland and Furness
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).