Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Westmorland and FurnessSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry223 applications · 30 places offered · 64 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
- 2026 7.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2025 6.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2024 4.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2023 4.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2022 4.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2021 5.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2020 4.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 3.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2018 3.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2017 4.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2016 6.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2015 6.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- This school
- Westmorland and Furness median
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.9 per place (88 applications for 30 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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 | 223 | 7.4 | 64 | 2.13 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 167 | 6.7 | 36 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2024 | 36 | 146 | 4.1 | 43 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 139 | 4.6 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 34 | 161 | 4.7 | 45 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 160 | 5.5 | 34 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2020 | 34 | 147 | 4.3 | 43 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 112 | 3.9 | 23 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2018 | 46 | 165 | 3.6 | 46 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 41 | 174 | 4.2 | 41 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 29 | 194 | 6.7 | 46 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 201 | 6.7 | 53 | 1.77 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 50 | 38.5 | 26% | 54% | – |
| 2024/25 | 56 | 44.2 | 46% | 59% | – |
| 2023/24 | 58 | 44.0 | 47% | 57% | −0.39 |
| 2022/23 | 68 | 42.2 | 43% | 59% | −0.44 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Chetwynde SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20237.4applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20221.7applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20231.6applications per place 40.8Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Westmorland and FurnessStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 10.0 km · Cumberland20261.2applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 18.2 km · Westmorland and Furness20261.4applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 22.8 km · LancashireGood20223.0applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 141106 · 943/6025
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 510 pupils · 508 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Replaced
- Chetwynde School (URN 112450)
- Address
- Rating Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 0NY
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources