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St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted
personMr Kevin McGoldrick
corporate_fareMATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
location_onBarrow-in-Furness, LA14 4AA
language Visit Website phone 1229828406
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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2018

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Students

220

school

Expected Standard

48%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow is a Academy converter primary school in Barrow-in-Furness, serving ages 2-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 84% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow is an academy converter in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, admitting pupils aged 2-11. It is part of MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 216 pupils on roll, of whom 35% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 7% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #70 of 97 primaries in Westmorland and Furness and #12,234 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2018. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 19.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.5 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)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

48%

LA 57%
Reading56% LA 72%
Writing70% LA 68%
Maths70% LA 71%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-

Read

-

Write

-

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

68%

LA 57%England 61%
Reading81% LA 75% · Eng 74%
Writing74% LA 70% · Eng 72%
Maths87% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-

Read

-

Write

-

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

42%

LA 61%England 60%
Reading62% LA 78% · Eng 73%
Writing62% LA 75% · Eng 71%
Maths58% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.5

Read

LA 0.5

-3.0 to 2.0

1.4

Write

LA 0.2

-1.0 to 3.8

0.1

Maths

LA -0.9

-2.2 to 2.4

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations
S5 Inspection EIF
Requires improvement
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
No Judgement
Development
No Judgement
Leadership
Requires improvement
None EIF
Good
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
No Judgement
Development
No Judgement
Leadership
Good

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