St Paul's CofE Junior SchoolYarlside Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Barrow-in-Furness.

Summary of the comparison

St Paul's CofE Junior School and Yarlside Academy are primary schools in Barrow-in-Furness.

  • St Paul's CofE Junior School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Yarlside Academy scores 89 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). Yarlside Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Paul's CofE Junior School was judged Good and Yarlside Academy was judged exceptional.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 44.0% for St Paul's CofE Junior School and 97.0% for Yarlside Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Paul's CofE Junior School (85.0% in 2022-23, 44.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Yarlside Academy (85.0% in 2022-23, 97.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Paul's CofE Junior School versus Yarlside Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Barrow-in-FurnessSt Paul's CofE Junior SchoolBarrow-in-FurnessYarlside AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC62/100A89/100Stronger figure
Local ranking33rd of 121 in Westmorland and Furness 1st of 121 in Westmorland and Furness Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll76 243
Capacity120 210
LocationBarrow-in-Furness, LA14 4HF Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 0LH
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard44.0% 97.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard11.0% 25.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 110.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 112.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census76 243
Free school meals (ever 6)10.5% 2.3%
English as an additional language7.9% 1.2%
SEN support15.8% 5.3%
SEN with an EHC plan6.6% 2.1%
Attendance
Overall absence3.6% 2.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence3.8% 1.1% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Paul's CofE Junior School

Yarlside Academy

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