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Barrow Island Community Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 162Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 112236URN

Trinity Street, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 2SJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMay 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.1per place
0.7 below Westmorland and Furness median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Westmorland and Furness

21 applications for 19 places · 43rd of 43 in Westmorland and Furness
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
54%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMay 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2024

Inspection history

  1. 18 April 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 20 May 2014
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.1applications per place, Reception
0.7 below Westmorland and Furness median (1.9) 1.1 below England median (2.2)

21 applications · 19 places offered · 19 named it first

  1. 2026 1.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  12. 2015 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Westmorland and Furness median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202619211.1191.00
Sep 202523291.3231.00
Sep 202414181.3141.00
Sep 202319221.2180.95
Sep 202216191.2161.00
Sep 202115171.1140.93
Sep 202017201.2150.88
Sep 201920221.1201.00
Sep 201817201.2171.00
Sep 201715201.3151.00
Sep 201618261.4181.00
Sep 201510151.5101.00
Sep 201420321.6201.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 63% · Writing 75% · Maths 58% → all three 54% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard54%58th of 97 in Westmorland and Furness
Reading
Expected standard63%
Higher standard13%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard75%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard58%
Higher standard13%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Westmorland and Furness median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2554%0%100100
2023/2425%0%9697
2022/2344%0%102100

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

  • 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
112236 · 943/2704
Capacity
210 pupils · 162 on roll
Free school meals
29.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Trinity Street, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 2SJ
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources