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Schools in Westmorland and Furness

148 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria

Allithwaite CofE Primary School Grange-over-Sands · Good Alston Primary School Alston · Not judged Ambleside CofE Primary School Ambleside · Requires improvement Appleby Grammar School Appleby-in-Westmorland · Good Appleby Primary School Appleby-in-Westmorland · Good Armathwaite School Carlisle · Good Arnside National CofE School Carnforth · Good Asby Endowed School Appleby-in-Westmorland · Good Askam Village School Askam-in-furness · Good Barrow Island Community Primary School Barrow-in-Furness · Good Beaconside CofE Primary School Penrith · Good Beetham CofE Primary School Milnthorpe · Good Bolton Primary School Appleby-in-Westmorland · Good Brisbane Park Infant School Barrow-in-Furness · Good Brough Community Primary School Brough · Good Broughton CofE Primary and Nursery School Broughton-in-Furness · Good Brunswick School Penrith · Good Burlington CofE School Kirkby-in-Furness · Good Burton Morewood CofE Primary School Carnforth · Good Calthwaite CofE School Penrith · Good Cambridge Primary School Barrow-in-Furness · Good Cartmel CofE Primary School Grange-over-Sands · Good Cartmel Priory CofE School Grange-over-Sands · Good Castle Park School Kendal · Not judged Chapel Street Infants and Nursery School Dalton-in-Furness · Good Chetwynde School Barrow-in-Furness · Good Church Walk CofE Primary School Ulverston · Good Clifton Primary School Penrith · Good Coniston CofE Primary School Coniston · Good Croftlands Infant School Ulverston · Good Croftlands Junior School Ulverston · Good Crosby Ravensworth CofE School Penrith · Good Crosscrake CofE Primary School Kendal · Good Crosthwaite CofE School Kendal · Outstanding Culgaith CofE School Penrith · Good Dallam School Cumbria · Requires improvement Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary School Dalton-in-Furness · Good Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursery Barrow in Furness · Good Dean Barwick Primary School Grange-over-Sands · Good Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal Kendal · Good Dent CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School Sedbergh · Good Dowdales School Dalton-in-Furness · Good Flookburgh CofE Primary School Grange-Over-Sands · Good Furness Academy Barrow-in-Furness · Good Furness College Barrow-in-Furness George Hastwell School Special Academy Barrow-in-Furness · Not judged George Romney Junior School Dalton-in-Furness · Outstanding Ghyllside Primary School Kendal · Good Goodly Dale Primary School Windermere · Not judged Grange CofE Primary School Grange-over-Sands · Good Grasmere CofE Primary School Ambleside · Good Grayrigg CofE School Kendal · Good Greengate Junior School Barrow-in-Furness · Good Greystoke Primary School Penrith · Good Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School Hawkshead · Good Heron Hill Primary School Kendal · Good High Hesket CofE School Carlisle · Not judged Hindpool Nursery School Barrow-in-Furness · Not judged Holme Primary School Carnforth · Good Holy Family Catholic Primary School Barrow-in-Furness · Good Ireleth St Peter's CofE Primary School Askam-in-Furness · Good Ivegill CofE School Carlisle · Good John Ruskin School Coniston · Good Kendal College Kendal Kendal Nursery School Kendal · Outstanding Kirkbie Kendal School Kendal · Good Kirkby Stephen Grammar School Kirkby Stephen · Good Kirkby Stephen Primary School Kirkby Stephen · Good Kirkby Thore School Penrith · Inadequate Kirkoswald CofE School Penrith · Good Langdale CofE School Ambleside · Good Langwathby CofE Primary School Penrith · Good Lazonby C of E Primary School Penrith · Good Leven Valley CofE Primary School ULVERSTON · Not judged Levens CofE School Kendal · Good Lindal and Marton Primary School Ulverston · Good Lindale CofE Primary School Grange Over Sands · Good Long Marton School Appleby-in-Westmorland · Good Low Furness CofE Primary School Ulverston · Good Lowther Endowed School Penrith · Good Milburn School Penrith · Good Milnthorpe Primary School Milnthorpe · Good Morland Area CofE Primary School Penrith · Not judged Nenthead Primary School Alston · Good Newbarns Primary and Nursery School Barrow-in-Furness · Outstanding Newton Village Academy Barrow-in-Furness · Good North Lakes School Penrith · Good Old Hutton CofE School Kendal · Good Ormsgill Nursery and Primary School Barrow-in-Furness · Good Orton CofE School Penrith · Good Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-Furness Dalton-in-Furness · Good Parkside Academy BARROW-in-FURNESS · Good Patterdale CofE Primary School Penrith · Good Pennington CofE School Ulverston · Good Penny Bridge CofE School Ulverston · Good Penruddock Primary School Penrith · Requires improvement Plumpton School PENRITH · Good Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith Penrith · Good · Grammar Queen Elizabeth School · Good Queen Elizabeth Studio School · Good Ramsden Infant School Barrow-in-Furness · Good Roose School Barrow-in-Furness · Good Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow Barrow-in-Furness · Good Samuel King's School Alston · Good Sandgate School Kendal · Good Sandside Lodge School Ulverston · Good Sedbergh Primary School Sedbergh · Good Selside Endowed CofE Primary School Kendal · Good Settlebeck School Sedbergh · Requires improvement Shap Endowed CofE Primary School Penrith · Good Sir John Barrow School Ulverston · Outstanding Skelton School Penrith · Good South Walney Infant and Nursery School Barrow-in-Furness · Good South Walney Junior School Barrow-in-Furness · Good St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow Barrow-in-Furness · Good St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Penrith PENRITH · Good St Columba's School Barrow-in-Furness · Good St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere Windermere · Requires improvement St George's CofE School Barrow-in-Furness · Not judged St James' CofE Junior School Barrow-in-Furness · Good St Mark's CofE Primary School Natland, Kendal · Good St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School Windermere · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston Ulverston · Good St Mary's CofE Primary School Carnforth · Not judged St Oswald's CofE Primary School Kendal · Good St Patrick's CofE School Kendal · Good St Paul's CofE Junior School Barrow-in-Furness · Good St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow Barrow-in-Furness · Requires improvement St Thomas's CofE Primary School Kendal · Not judged Stainton CofE Primary School Penrith · Good Staveley CofE School Kendal · Not judged Storth CofE School Milnthorpe · Good Stramongate Primary School Kendal · Good Tebay Primary School Penrith · Good Temple Sowerby CofE Primary School Penrith · Good The Lakes School Windermere · Good The Queen Katherine School Kendal · Good Threlkeld CofE Primary School Keswick · Not judged Ullswater Community College Penrith · Good Ulverston Victoria High School Ulverston · Good Vicarage Park CofE Primary School Kendal · Good Vickerstown School Barrow-in-Furness · Good Victoria Academy Barrow-in-Furness · Outstanding Victoria Infant and Nursery School Barrow-in-Furness · Good Walney School Barrow-in-Furness · Requires improvement Warcop CofE Primary School Appleby-in-Westmorland · Good Yanwath Primary School Penrith · Good Yarlside Academy Barrow-in-Furness · Not judged

How places are allocated in Westmorland and Furness

Primary schools: Catchment area is the primary criterion for primary schools; distance used outside catchment and as tiebreaker. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Westmorland and Furness entrance test format

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith uses GL Assessment papers: two multiple-choice papers of around 50 minutes each, covering English (reading comprehension, spelling, punctuation, grammar) and related reasoning/maths content. Register directly with the school in Year 5; the test is sat in September of Year 6 with results in October, before the 31 October application deadline. Check the school's admissions page for the current year's exact paper structure and dates.

Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2027	Registration opens	2026-05-01 (passed)
Sept 2027	Registration closes	2026-07-12 (passed)
Sept 2027	Test date	2026-09-17
Sept 2027	Application deadline	2026-10-31
Sept 2027	Offer day	2027-03-01

Out-of-area applications

The only grammar school in Westmorland and Furness (and the northernmost grammar school in England) is Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Penrith (mixed). It runs its own entrance test — register directly with the school in Year 5, test in September of Year 6. Children from outside the area (across Cumbria, and over the borders into County Durham and North Yorkshire) can register and apply. Apply via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October, and check the school's oversubscription criteria for distance/priority effects.

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