Primary schools in Barrow-in-Furness
25 primary schools in Barrow-in-Furness, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings. All-through schools, which take pupils from 4 to 18, are listed on both the primary and the secondary page for their town.
Barrow-in-Furness in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 20 schools in Barrow-in-Furness first 497 times for 496 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Westmorland and Furness authority's 112 schools. 3 of the 20 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.50 miles (Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursery) to 2.00 miles (Victoria Infant and Nursery School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Victoria Academy
- Yarlside Academy
- Barrow Island Community Primary School
- Brisbane Park Infant School
- Chetwynde School
- Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursery
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School
- Newbarns Primary and Nursery School
- Ormsgill Nursery and Primary School
- Ramsden Infant School
- Roose School
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow
- South Walney Infant and Nursery School
- St Columba's School
- St George's CofE School
- St Paul's CofE Junior School
- Victoria Infant and Nursery School
- Greengate Junior School
- Parkside Academy
- South Walney Junior School
- Cambridge Primary School
- St James' CofE Junior School
- St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow
- Vickerstown School
- Newton Village Academy
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