Schools in Cumbria
Cumbria has 3 schools listed on OfferDay. It is in the Westmorland and Furness local authority area.
About schools in Cumbria
Most of the three schools listed in Cumbria are special and alternative provision schools. Its one secondary school is where pupils go on to after primary.
Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find each secondary school's Attainment 8 score. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
Secondary schools1
The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.
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Dallam School
Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18
44.1Attainment 8
Special schools and alternative provision2
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Cairn Education CIC
Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 25
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SwitchED2
Other independent special school · Ages 9 to 18
Schools near Cumbria
With only 3 schools listed in Cumbria itself, most families here also look further afield. These are the 59 schools closest to the centre of Cumbria by straight-line distance, wherever they sit administratively — the nearest is Levens CofE School, about 1.1 miles away.
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Levens CofE School1.1 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Oversands School2.4 miles
Special schools · Grange-over-Sands
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Crosscrake CofE Primary School3.0 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Appletree School3.0 miles
Special schools · Kendal
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Dean Barwick Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Grange-over-Sands
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St Mark's CofE Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Natland, Kendal
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Crosthwaite CofE School3.3 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal3.6 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Vicarage Park CofE Primary School3.6 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Dallam School3.7 miles
Secondary · Cumbria
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Kendal College3.8 miles
16 plus · Kendal
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SwitchED23.8 miles
Special schools · Cumbria
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Ghyllside Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Milnthorpe Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Milnthorpe
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Kirkbie Kendal School3.9 miles
Secondary · Kendal
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Heron Hill Primary School4.1 miles
Primary · Kendal
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South Lakes Academy4.2 miles
Special schools · Kendal
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St Patrick's CofE School4.3 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Storth CofE School4.3 miles
Primary · Milnthorpe
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Kendal Nursery School4.3 miles
Nursery · Kendal
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Stramongate Primary School4.5 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Cambian Whinfell School4.5 miles
Special schools · Kendal
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St Thomas's CofE Primary School4.8 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Sandgate School4.8 miles
Special schools · Kendal
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Castle Park School4.9 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Beetham CofE Primary School5.0 miles
Primary · Milnthorpe
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The Queen Katherine School5.2 miles
Secondary · Kendal
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Arnside National CofE School5.3 miles
Primary · Carnforth
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Old Hutton CofE School5.4 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Lindale CofE Primary School5.5 miles
Primary · Grange Over Sands
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St Oswald's CofE Primary School5.6 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Holme Primary School5.9 miles
Primary · Carnforth
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Cairn Education CIC6.9 miles
Special schools · Cumbria
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Staveley CofE School7.1 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Fell House School7.2 miles
Special schools · Grange-Over-Sands
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Silverdale St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School7.4 miles
Primary · Carnforth
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Burton Morewood CofE Primary School7.4 miles
Primary · Carnforth
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Bleasdale School7.5 miles
Special schools · Carnforth
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Grange CofE Primary School7.5 miles
Primary · Grange-over-Sands
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Yealand Church of England Primary School7.6 miles
Primary · Carnforth
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Leven Valley CofE Primary School7.7 miles
Primary · Ulverston
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St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School7.7 miles
Primary · Windermere
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Goodly Dale Primary School7.7 miles
Primary · Windermere
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St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere7.7 miles
Primary · Windermere
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Cartmel CofE Primary School7.8 miles
Primary · Grange-over-Sands
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Cartmel Priory CofE School7.9 miles
Secondary · Grange-over-Sands
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Selside Endowed CofE Primary School8.3 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Allithwaite CofE Primary School8.4 miles
Primary · Grange-over-Sands
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Grayrigg CofE School9.0 miles
Primary · Kendal
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The Lakes School9.2 miles
Secondary · Windermere
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Warton Archbishop Hutton's VC Primary School9.3 miles
Primary · Nr Carnforth
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Underley Garden School9.5 miles
Special schools · Carnforth
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St Mary's CofE Primary School9.6 miles
Primary · Carnforth
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Queen Elizabeth Studio School9.7 miles
Secondary
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Queen Elizabeth School9.7 miles
Secondary
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Flookburgh CofE Primary School9.8 miles
Primary · Grange-Over-Sands
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Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School10.1 miles
Primary · Hawkshead
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Windermere School10.5 miles
Independent schools · The Lake District
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Arkholme Church of England Primary School11.5 miles
Primary · Carnforth
Common questions about schools in Cumbria
- How many schools are in Cumbria?
- OfferDay lists three schools in Cumbria, including two special and alternative provision schools and one secondary school.
- Who inspects schools in Cumbria?
- Every school in Cumbria is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
- Which are the best schools in Cumbria?
- OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Cumbria does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.