Ofsted
Outstanding
Inspected 2025
Expected Standard
47%
Demand Ratio
1.0x
Newbarns Primary and Nursery School is a Academy converter primary school in Barrow-in-Furness, serving ages 3-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Demand is above capacity (1.0×) — apply through your local authority on time. Ranks in the top 85% of primary schools nationally.
Newbarns Primary and Nursery School is an academy converter in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of SOUTH CUMBRIA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 439 pupils on roll, of whom 13% are eligible for free school meals.
In 2025, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 4% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #64 of 97 primaries in Westmorland and Furness and #11,672 of 14,143 nationally.
Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.
The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.0× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.
The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 23.7:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.
In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.1 per 1,000 pupils per term.
R/W/M Expected Standard
47%
Read SS
104
Maths SS
102
GPS SS
102
Progress (0 = national avg)
-
Read
-
Write
-
Maths
Inspection Report
Inspection Report
Inspection Report
Why no overall grade?
From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.
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