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Vickerstown School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 156Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 149244URN

Mill Lane, Walney, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3XY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
close to Westmorland and Furness median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Westmorland and Furness

29 applications for 15 places · 15th of 43 in Westmorland and Furness
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
15%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 10 March 2026Published 18 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

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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 entry
1.9applications per place, Reception
close to Westmorland and Furness median (1.9) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

29 applications · 15 places offered · 15 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 3.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8; as the previous school
  11. 2016 3.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Westmorland and Furness median

Dashed bars: as Vickerstown School (URN 112209), the previous school.

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 202615291.9151.00
Sep 202517281.7160.94
Sep 202416301.9140.88
Sep 202318372.1181.00
Sep 2022 *23421.8231.00
Sep 2021 *17372.2160.94
Sep 2020 *29531.8260.90
Sep 2019 *24502.1241.00
Sep 2018 *15503.3140.93
Sep 2017 *22502.3221.00
Sep 2016 *14463.3141.00
Sep 2015 *16493.1161.00
Sep 2014 *26552.1271.04

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 27% · Writing 62% · Maths 23% → all three 15% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard15%96th of 97 in Westmorland and Furness
Reading
Expected standard27%
Higher standard4%
Average scaled score 97 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard62%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard23%
Higher standard0%
Average scaled score 94 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Westmorland and Furness median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2515%0%9794
2023/2443%3%103100
2022/2311%0%10096

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
149244 · 943/2513
Trust
South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust
Capacity
210 pupils · 156 on roll
Free school meals
18.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 November 2022
Replaced
Vickerstown School (URN 112209)
Address
Mill Lane, Walney, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3XY
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness

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