Best Primary Schools in Barrow-in-Furness

We checked all 24 primary schools in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, and list every one: 20 ranked, then 4 without a rank.

Schools checked
24
Ranked
20
Without a rank
4

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Barrow-in-Furness. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Westmorland and Furness. Westmorland and Furness also has rankings for Penrith, Kendal and Ulverston.

Ranked primary schools in Barrow-in-Furness

  1. 1

    Yarlside Academy

    Academy, 242 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    97%
    Higher standard
    25%

  2. 2

    Victoria Academy

    Academy, 209 pupils, inspected February 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    10%

  3. 3

    Parkside Academy

    Academy, 272 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    7%

  4. 4

    South Walney Junior School

    Academy, 209 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    66%
    Higher standard
    0%

  5. 5

    St Paul's CofE Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 71 pupils, inspected June 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    44%
    Higher standard
    11%

  6. 6

    Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursery

    Local authority maintained, 267 pupils, inspected December 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    6%

  7. 7

    St George's CofE School

    Local authority maintained, 226 pupils, inspected December 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    0%

  8. 8

    Greengate Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 161 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    0%

  9. 9

    Holy Family Catholic Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 217 pupils, inspected June 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    3%

  10. 10

    Roose School

    Local authority maintained, 196 pupils, inspected October 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    3%

  11. 11

    St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow

    Academy, 210 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to strong standard
    Expected standard
    48%
    Higher standard
    7%

  12. 12

    Newbarns Primary and Nursery School

    Academy, 444 pupils, inspected April 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    47%
    Higher standard
    4%

  13. 13

    Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow

    Academy, 202 pupils, inspected June 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    43%
    Higher standard
    0%

  14. 14

    Ormsgill Nursery and Primary School

    Academy, 156 pupils, inspected May 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    24%
    Higher standard
    4%

  15. 15

    Barrow Island Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 162 pupils, inspected May 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    54%
    Higher standard
    0%

  16. 16

    Cambridge Primary School

    Academy, 230 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    0%

  17. 17

    Newton Village Academy

    Academy, 79 pupils, inspected June 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    31%
    Higher standard
    0%

  18. 18

    St Columba's School

    Local authority maintained, 212 pupils, inspected June 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    30%
    Higher standard
    0%

  19. 19

    St James' CofE Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 115 pupils, inspected March 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    31%
    Higher standard
    0%

  20. 20

    Vickerstown School

    Academy, 156 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Urgent improvement to expected standard
    Expected standard
    15%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Barrow-in-Furness without a rank