Schools in The Lake District
The Lake District has 1 school listed on OfferDay. It is in the Westmorland and Furness local authority area.
About schools in The Lake District
OfferDay lists one school in The Lake District, an independent school.
Ofsted inspects every school listed here. 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. 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.
Independent schools1
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Windermere School
Other independent school · Ages 3 to 20
Schools near The Lake District
With only one school listed in The Lake District itself, most families here also look further afield. These are the 34 schools closest to the centre of The Lake District by straight-line distance, wherever they sit administratively — the nearest is Windermere School, about 0.0 miles away.
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Windermere School0.0 miles
Independent schools · The Lake District
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The Lakes School1.4 miles
Secondary · Windermere
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Ambleside CofE Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Ambleside
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St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere2.8 miles
Primary · Windermere
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Goodly Dale Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Windermere
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St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Windermere
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Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Hawkshead
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Grasmere CofE Primary School4.6 miles
Primary · Ambleside
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Langdale CofE School4.7 miles
Primary · Ambleside
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Staveley CofE School5.4 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Coniston CofE Primary School5.6 miles
Primary · Coniston
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Cairn Education CIC5.7 miles
Special schools · Cumbria
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John Ruskin School5.8 miles
Secondary · Coniston
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Crosthwaite CofE School7.3 miles
Primary · Kendal
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St Oswald's CofE Primary School8.3 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Patterdale CofE Primary School9.0 miles
Primary · Penrith
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Cambian Whinfell School9.0 miles
Special schools · Kendal
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St Thomas's CofE Primary School9.1 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Kendal Nursery School9.4 miles
Nursery · Kendal
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Ghyllside Primary School9.7 miles
Primary · Kendal
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The Queen Katherine School9.7 miles
Secondary · Kendal
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Stramongate Primary School9.7 miles
Primary · Kendal
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South Lakes Academy9.7 miles
Special schools · Kendal
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Vicarage Park CofE Primary School10.0 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Sandgate School10.0 miles
Special schools · Kendal
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Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal10.0 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Kendal College10.1 miles
16 plus · Kendal
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Kirkbie Kendal School10.3 miles
Secondary · Kendal
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Castle Park School10.4 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Heron Hill Primary School10.5 miles
Primary · Kendal
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Borrowdale CofE Primary School11.1 miles
Primary · Keswick
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St Mark's CofE Primary School11.3 miles
Primary · Natland, Kendal
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Appletree School11.4 miles
Special schools · Kendal
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Crosscrake CofE Primary School12.5 miles
Primary · Kendal
Common questions about schools in The Lake District
- How many schools does The Lake District have?
- OfferDay lists one school in The Lake District, an independent school.
- Who inspects schools in The Lake District?
- Every school in The Lake District 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.
- How are schools in The Lake District ranked?
- OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and The Lake District 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.