Chetwynde School
All-through · Barrow-in-Furness · LA13 0NY
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 7 November 2023
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508 pupils · 100% of 510 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Free schools
- Age range
- 3–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 9.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 8.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.chetwynde.scmat.org.uk
- URN
- 141106
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 64 families named it first for 30 Year 7 places, 2.13 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 2 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2025 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 7 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.07 first-choice applications per place30 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
2.13 first-choice applications per place30 places offered · 64 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.5 miles for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.5 miles
measurement method not stated by the council.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1 miles
measurement method not stated by the council.
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Category 3 (children of staff members employed within the Academy Trust)
- 1 miles
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Barrow-in-Furness school admissions · Westmorland and Furness school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
GCSE results (2024/2025)
56 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| The Priory Church of England School | 40.1 | |
| Cartmel Priory CofE School | 47.2 | |
| Melbourn Village College | 42.3 | |
| Middlewich High School | 41.2 | |
| Upper Wharfedale School | 48.3 | |
| The Macclesfield Academy | 42.7 | |
| Henlow Church of England Academy | 42.7 | |
| Winchcombe School | 42.8 | |
| Stamford Welland Academy | 39.7 | |
| The Clere School | 41.3 | |
| Stradbroke High School | 44.3 | |
| Thomas Keble School | 47.6 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 78% (Westmorland and Furness 89%, England 59%) · Not recorded 14% (Westmorland and Furness 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Westmorland and Furness 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Westmorland and Furness 1%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Westmorland and Furness 1%, England 3%) · Any other White background 1% (Westmorland and Furness 3%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Westmorland and Furness 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Westmorland and Furness 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
8.56 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Westmorland and Furness: 15.34 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Staffing
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
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Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 73% (78%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 4% (4%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve -£444,000; in-year balance -£9,000
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Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 7 November 2023: Good
- 30 March 2021: Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1
- 5 November 2019: Requires improvement
- 3 May 2017: Requires improvement
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 41.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 12.2% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 47% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 6.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 51.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 95.6% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 0.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 3.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 57.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 3.8% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 48.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019163 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £250,000249 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £200,000–£317,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 4an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
Nearby schools
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