Furness Academy
Park Drive, Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9BB
Local ranking13th of 22 secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 42.4
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.6%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 28.9%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5
- Cohort Size
- 225
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 14.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1188
- Boys
- 622 (52%)
- Girls
- 566 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (99% full)
- SEND
- 17.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.9%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.5%
- SEN Support
- 10.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 62.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,476/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.3%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.7%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 96.0%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- White Other: 0.8%
- Other: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.3%
- Asian Chinese: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.2%
96.0%
White British
0.9%
Mixed Other
0.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 135940
- UKPRN
- 10027714
- Establishment No.
- 6908
- Trust
- FURNESS EDUCATION TRUST