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St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Westmorland and Furness

Princes Road, Windermere, LA23 2DD

Website 01539443622

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headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

95.7%

6.8% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

336

Capacity used

Has space

80%

420 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

33 of 33 families who put it first got an offer

33

Places offered

42

Total applications

1.3

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference3333● 100%
2nd preference70● 0%
3rd preference20● 0%
Total423379%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
100%
2025

Westmorland and Furness lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Headteacher
Louise Swindlehurst
Address
Princes Road, Windermere, LA23 2DD
Phone
01539443622
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Ward / constituency
Windermere and Ambleside · Westmorland and Lonsdale
Area
Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
URN
139422

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals5%——
English as additional language14%——
SEN support13%——
53% boys (178)47% girls (158)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

336 pupils · 420 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    13 June 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 278 pupils

Attendance

95.7%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

4.3%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

6.8%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.4%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.3%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

9%
20/21
16%
21/22
19%
22/23
13%
23/24
7%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths39%——
Higher standard0%——
Reading progress——0.0
Writing progress——0.0
Maths progress——0.0

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard47%
-15% vs England
Higher standard2%
-6% vs England

Reading

Expected standard63%
-12% vs England
Higher standard15%
-18% vs England
Average score103
-3 vs England

Writing

Expected standard63%
-9% vs England
Greater depth2%
-11% vs England

Maths

Expected standard81%
+7% vs England
Higher standard15%
-11% vs England
Average score105
+0 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard75%
+2% vs England
Higher standard29%
-1% vs England
Average score106
+1 vs England

Science

Expected standard86%
+4% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

812019742023392024472025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)47%61%
Higher standard2%8%

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Westmorland and Furness council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.