Sandgate School
Sandylands Road, Kendal, LA9 6JG
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Hinton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 160
- Pupils on roll
- 166
- URN
- 112465
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01539792100
About this school
Sandgate School is a community special school in Kendal. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 166 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 21 June 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 |
| Attainment 8 score | 0.5 | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | -1.53 -2.40 to -0.65 | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.0 | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Sandgate 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 | 0% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 57% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 56.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 118 |
| 2023/24 | 116 |
| 2024/25 | 151 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.68%
- English as an additional language
- 4.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.57%
- Persistent absence
- 29.73%
Location
Nearby schools
-
South Lakes Academy0.6 miles
Special schools · Kendal
-
Cambian Whinfell School1.0 miles
Special schools · Kendal
-
Appletree School2.6 miles
Special schools · Kendal
-
Cairn Education CIC4.5 miles
Special schools · Cumbria
-
Oversands School6.9 miles
Special schools · Grange-over-Sands
Other schools in Kendal
- Appletree School Special schools
- Cambian Whinfell School Special schools
- South Lakes Academy Special schools
- Kendal Nursery School Nursery
- Castle Park School Primary
- Crosscrake CofE Primary School Primary
- Crosthwaite CofE School Primary
- Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal Primary
- Ghyllside Primary School Primary
- Grayrigg CofE School Primary
- Heron Hill Primary School Primary
- Levens CofE School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Sandgate School teach?
- Sandgate School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Kendal.
- Who is the headteacher of Sandgate School?
- The headteacher of Sandgate School is Mr Daniel Hinton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sandgate School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sandgate 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 Sandgate School?
- Sandgate School has 166 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Sandgate School full?
- Sandgate School has capacity for 160 pupils and 166 on roll (104%), so it is at or above 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 Sandgate School a faith school?
- No. Sandgate School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Sandgate School have?
- The schools register lists Sandgate School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Sandgate School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Sandgate School's absence rate?
- Sandgate School's overall absence rate is 9.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sandgate School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sandgate 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.