South Walney Infant and Nursery School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B74
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3BZ
- Distance
- 0.4km away
St Columba's School
Church Lane, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3AD
Local ranking36th of 121 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
240
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 16 November 2022.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 30.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 60.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 60.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 37.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 98.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 101.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 216
- Boys
- 100 (47%)
- Girls
- 112 (53%)
- Capacity
- 240 (88% full)
- SEND
- 22.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.8%
- EAL
- 1.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.8%
- SEN Support
- 13.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,887/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 93.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Black Other: 0.5%
93.8%
White British
1.9%
Mixed White & Black African
1.4%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Church Lane
Barrow-in-Furness, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 112364
- UKPRN
- 10069808
- Establishment No.
- 3603
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