School admissions in Kendal
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
16 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Castle Park School | 1.00 | 30 |
| Crosscrake CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 5 |
| Crosthwaite CofE School | 1.00 | 9 |
| Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal | 1.00 | 14 |
| Ghyllside Primary School | 1.00 | 59 |
| Grayrigg CofE School | 1.00 | 13 |
| Heron Hill Primary School | 1.00 | 56 |
| Levens CofE School | 1.00 | 13 |
| Old Hutton CofE School | 1.00 | 6 |
| Selside Endowed CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 4 |
| St Oswald's CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 6 |
| St Patrick's CofE School | 1.00 | 11 |
| St Thomas's CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 23 |
| Staveley CofE School | 1.00 | 10 |
| Stramongate Primary School | 1.00 | 19 |
| Vicarage Park CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 5 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.