St Patrick's CofE School
General Information
- Address: Gatebeck Road, Endmoor, Kendal, LA8 0HH – View on map
- Phone: 01539567388
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Suzanne Edmondson
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 11 families put it first for 11 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 11 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 5
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.1%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the Westmorland and Furness average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 1.4% a year (Westmorland and Furness 12.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Westmorland and Furness: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 3 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Westmorland and Furness, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 14% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 13 percentage points above the Westmorland and Furness average (58%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 64% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 86% · Writing 79% · Maths 93% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
- Based on: 14 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 25th of 98 junior and primary schools in the area
- #24Sir John Barrow School72%
- =25Parkside Academy71%
- =25St Patrick's CofE School71%
- =27Chetwynde School70%
- =27Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary School70%
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72nd of 82 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for Ofsted rating
- #70St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #71St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #72St Patrick's CofE SchoolGood
- #73Stainton CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #74Stramongate Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,319 (2024-25)
46th of 101 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for spending per pupil
- #44Staveley CofE School£8,539
- #45Cambridge Primary School£8,501
- #46St Patrick's CofE School£8,319
- #47Long Marton School£8,310
- #48Crosthwaite CofE School£8,297
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