South Walney Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
South Walney Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 February 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
South Walney Infant and Nursery School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2025 every applicant was offered a place, as at 23 of the 96 other Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 32 first-choice applications for 32 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 7.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 41.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness.
- The school has 19.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Westmorland and Furness schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Amphitrite Street, Walney, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3BZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 134 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this welcoming school at the heart of this island community.”
- “They arrive each day smiling and happy.”
- “Children in the early years settle quickly.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers do not use assessment information effectively and do not identify misconceptions and gaps in pupils’ knowledge quickly enough.”
- “When this happens, some pupils move on to new learning before they are ready.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 32 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Westmorland and Furness.
- South Walney Junior School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Columba's School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Vickerstown School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barrow Island Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brisbane Park Infant School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' CofE Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- St George's CofE School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Greengate Junior School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade