Goodly Dale Primary School
Lake Road, Windermere, LA23 2JX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Cheryl Johnston
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 98
- Pupils on roll
- 77
- URN
- 112191
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01539446946
About this school
Goodly Dale Primary School is a community primary school in Windermere. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 77 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 83% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 100% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 100% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 54% | 100% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Goodly Dale Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Westmorland and Furness average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 62% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 57% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 56.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 92 |
| 2023/24 | 82 |
| 2024/25 | 78 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Goodly Dale Primary School compares
Goodly Dale Primary School ranked 23rd of 98 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 5.4% | 13.7% | 77 | — |
| St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere | — | 7.2% | 16.7% | 40 | 0.2 miles |
| St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School | 47% | 4.4% | 8.6% | 336 | 0.3 miles |
| Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School | 83% | 2.9% | 9.1% | 30 | 3.4 miles |
| Staveley CofE School | 55% | 2.9% | 12.8% | 79 | 3.9 miles |
| Crosthwaite CofE School | 80% | 3.3% | 9.9% | 109 | 4.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.7%
- English as an additional language
- 24.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.36%
- Persistent absence
- 10.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere0.2 miles
Primary · Windermere
-
St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Windermere
-
Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School3.4 miles
Primary · Hawkshead
-
Staveley CofE School3.9 miles
Primary · Kendal
-
Crosthwaite CofE School4.5 miles
Primary · Kendal
Other schools in Windermere
Common questions
- What year groups does Goodly Dale Primary School teach?
- Goodly Dale Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Windermere.
- Who is the headteacher of Goodly Dale Primary School?
- The headteacher of Goodly Dale Primary School is Miss Cheryl Johnston, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Goodly Dale Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Goodly Dale Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Goodly Dale Primary School?
- Goodly Dale Primary School has 77 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Goodly Dale Primary School full?
- Goodly Dale Primary School has capacity for 98 pupils and 77 on roll (79%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Goodly Dale Primary School a faith school?
- No. Goodly Dale Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Goodly Dale Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Goodly Dale Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Goodly Dale Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Goodly Dale Primary School rank locally?
- Goodly Dale Primary School ranked 23rd of 98 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Goodly Dale Primary School's absence rate?
- Goodly Dale Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Goodly Dale Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Goodly Dale Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.