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Vicarage Park CofE Primary School

PrimaryAges 4–11Voluntary controlledChurch of England

Kendal, LA9 5BP · Westmorland and Furness local authority

Kendal’s School Grade B+ better than 71% of towns in England

Getting in
5/5
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
109 pupils
52% of its 210 places
Free school meals
20%
20 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Vicarage Park CofE Primary School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 109 pupils for 210 places
  • Ofsted: Good, February 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (5 of 5)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (LA9 5) sold for a median £282,500; Kendal’s is £260,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Vicarage Park CofE Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

5
families put it first for September 2026
5
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Westmorland and Furness council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Westmorland and Furness council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Kendal, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Vicarage Park CofE Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
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Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

91 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
12.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
7.7%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
15.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for Vicarage Park CofE Primary School

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, February 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Vicarage Park CofE Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in LA9 5, the school’s postcode sector

Kendal property prices →
£282,500
median sale, 445 sales in 36 months · Kendal £260,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025LA9 5Kendal
LA9 5Kendal

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£508K
Semi-detached
£267K
Terraced
£222K
Flat
£120K
LA9 5Kendal

Homes in LA9 5 sell for a little over Kendal’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

8 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−C+B−BA−B+C+A−Vicarage Park CofE Primary …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Kendal, LA9 5BP

Vicarage Park CofE Primary School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Vicarage Park CofE Primary School?

For September 2026, 5 families put Vicarage Park CofE Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 5 places were offered in all.

What is Vicarage Park CofE Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (February 2023).

How much do houses cost near Vicarage Park CofE Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, LA9 5, sold for a median £282,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (445 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Kendal’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.