Walney School
Sandy Gap Lane, Walney, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3JT
Local ranking20th of 22 secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 38.7
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 21.9%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 41.2%
- Entering EBacc
- 7.0%
- EBacc APS
- 3.2
- Cohort Size
- 114
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 52.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 36.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 518
- Boys
- 271 (52%)
- Girls
- 247 (48%)
- Capacity
- 900 (58% full)
- SEND
- 27.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.9%
- EAL
- 2.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.3%
- SEN Support
- 19.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,869/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.3%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.4%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 96.7%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
- White Other: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.2%
- Black African: 0.2%
96.7%
White British
1.0%
Asian Other
0.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 141041
- UKPRN
- 10046439
- Establishment No.
- 4003
- Trust
- FURNESS EDUCATION TRUST