Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Westmorland and Furness
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry61 applications · 30 places offered · 30 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2024 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2023 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2022 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2021 2.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2020 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2018 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2017 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2016 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2015 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2014 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- This school
- Westmorland and Furness median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 28 | 51 | 1.8 | 33 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2024 | 27 | 41 | 1.5 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 24 | 41 | 1.7 | 21 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 58 | 1.9 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 65 | 2.2 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 | 25 | 45 | 1.8 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 58 | 1.9 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2017 | 26 | 49 | 1.9 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 31 | 48 | 1.6 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 20 | 40 | 2.0 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 | 24 | 44 | 1.8 | 24 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 91% · Writing 81% · Maths 91% → all three 72% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Westmorland and Furness median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 72% | 6% | 108 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 6% | 107 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 58% | 3% | 104 | 104 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Sir John Barrow SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20232.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Westmorland and Furness20262.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Westmorland and Furness20262.0applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20231.7applications per place
- 1.3 km · Westmorland and Furness202650%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Westmorland and FurnessStandards maintained20252.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · Westmorland and Furness20262.3applications per place 27%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · Westmorland and FurnessStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 5.1 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20242.1applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 112232 · 943/2627
- Capacity
- 300 pupils · 235 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Replaced
- Dale Street Infant and Nursery School (URN 112196)
- Address
- Argyle Street, Sir John Barrow School, Ulverston, LA12 0BD
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources