Ofsted: Good

North Walney Primary & Nursery School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMr Russell Brown

location_onBarrow-in-Furness, LA14 3TN

language Visit Website phone 1229471781

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2019

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Students

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Expected Standard

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Age Range

3-11

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North Walney Primary & Nursery School is a Community school primary school in Barrow-in-Furness, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted.

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School Summary

North Walney Primary & Nursery School is a community school in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 24 pupils on roll.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2019. The school's current overall rating is Good.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 2.1:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 100.0%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

LA 61%England 60%

Reading-% LA 78% · Eng 73%

Writing-% LA 75% · Eng 71%

Maths-% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA 0.5

Write

LA 0.2

Maths

LA -0.9

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

30%

LA 68%England 65%

Reading50% LA 78% · Eng 73%

Writing70% LA 83% · Eng 78%

Maths50% LA 79% · Eng 79%

Read SS

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.0

Read

LA 1.0

-6.0 to 2.0

-0.7

Write

LA 0.7

-4.3 to 2.8

-2.0

Maths

LA -0.2

-5.6 to 1.5

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

58%

LA 64%

Reading58% LA 79%

Writing67% LA 81%

Maths67% LA 74%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.1

Read

LA 0.4

-4.6 to 2.4

Write

LA 0.4

-1.2 to 5.2

-0.3

Maths

LA -0.9

-3.5 to 2.9

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

31 August 2024

Inspection Report

12 June 2019

Inspection Report

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14 March 2017

Inspection Report

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12 June 2013

Inspection Report

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14 January 2010

Inspection Report

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05 December 2006

Inspection Report

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13 January 2003

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2019-06-12

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2017-03-14

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2013-06-12

None Legacy

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.7% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 0.986% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 5 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.7%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Spring term)	5	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	28	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	24	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	24	3	12.5%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	26	1	3.8%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	40	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	74	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	72	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	90	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	84	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	86	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	109	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	109	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	103	1	1.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	115	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	112	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	107	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	124	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	122	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	121	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	133	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	126	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	120	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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North Walney Primary & Nursery School

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Funding & Staffing

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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