Schools in Kirkby Stephen
Kirkby Stephen has 2 schools listed on OfferDay. It is in the Westmorland and Furness local authority area.
About schools in Kirkby Stephen
The two schools listed in Kirkby Stephen span more than one stage of education. Its one secondary school is where pupils go on to after primary. A single primary school covers the early school years.
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 key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. 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.
Primary schools1
The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
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Kirkby Stephen Primary School
Community school · Ages 3 to 11
77%expected standard
Secondary schools1
The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.
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Kirkby Stephen Grammar School
Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18
47.7Attainment 8
Schools near Kirkby Stephen
With only 2 schools listed in Kirkby Stephen itself, most families here also look further afield. These are the 9 schools closest to the centre of Kirkby Stephen by straight-line distance, wherever they sit administratively — the nearest is Kirkby Stephen Grammar School, about 0.2 miles away.
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Kirkby Stephen Grammar School0.2 miles
Secondary · Kirkby Stephen
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Kirkby Stephen Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Kirkby Stephen
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Brough Community Primary School3.7 miles
Primary · Brough
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Warcop CofE Primary School4.7 miles
Primary · Appleby-in-Westmorland
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Asby Endowed School6.4 miles
Primary · Appleby-in-Westmorland
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Appleby Primary School9.3 miles
Primary · Appleby-in-Westmorland
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Orton CofE School9.3 miles
Primary · Penrith
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Appleby Grammar School9.6 miles
Secondary · Appleby-in-Westmorland
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Bolton Primary School12.2 miles
Primary · Appleby-in-Westmorland
Common questions about schools in Kirkby Stephen
- How many schools are in Kirkby Stephen?
- OfferDay lists two schools in Kirkby Stephen, including one primary school and one secondary school.
- Who inspects schools in Kirkby Stephen?
- Every school in Kirkby Stephen 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 Kirkby Stephen?
- OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Kirkby Stephen 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 1 July 2026.