Education
The Queen Katherine School, on Appleby Road, is a Secondary Foundation School, with Technology College status. The school also operates an outstanding Sixth Form.
Kirkbie Kendal School, formerly known as Kendal Grammar School, is a Secondary School Business and Enterprise College that serves the area around the town and rural countryside. Kirkbie Kendal School operates as a Foundation school; its previous students include the historian David Starkey and Clinical Psychologist Vanessa Jones.
Kendal College is a further education college that provides further and higher education, as well as training for employers. The College is judged Outstanding by Ofsted, has over 4,000 students and employs over 150 staff.
There are numerous Primary Schools in the area, including Castle Park, Stramongate School, Heron Hill, Ghyllside, Vicarage Park, St Thomas's and Dean Gibson. In the nearby village of Natland, there is St Marks School.
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