Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursery

What the figures show

• In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.5 miles away, the shortest of 13 Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
• In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
• Reception 2026 had 37 first-choice applications for 28 offers: 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
• 4.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 12% 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

Skelwith Drive, Barrow in Furness, LA14 4PG

Type

Community school

Phase

Primary

Ages

2–11

Council

Westmorland and Furness

Pupils on roll

267 January 2026 school census

Free school meals

4.5% of pupils eligible

Pupils per teacher

28.4

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 11 July 2024

Strengths

• “Pupils, including children in the early years, enjoy coming to this lively, happy school.”
• “They look forward to their time in the classroom, where they particularly like learning with their friends.”
• “Pupils behave well during lessons.”

To improve

• “In some subjects, the precise detail of what the school wants pupils to learn is less well defined.”
• “In addition, in these subjects the school has not identified the subject-specific vocabulary that pupils need to learn.”
• “In these subjects, some pupils do not deepen their learning or articulate what they have learned as well as they could.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

• 2026 Reception entry: 37 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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.

• St Paul's CofE Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
• Ormsgill Nursery and Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
• Victoria Academy 0.9 mi Outstanding
• Victoria Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
• Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
• St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
• Newbarns Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
• Newton Village Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published

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