St George's CofE School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St George's CofE School is a primary school in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
St George's CofE 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 20 first-choice applications for 20 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 45.6% 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 21.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 15.5 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
- School Street, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 2JN
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 226 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this happy school where staff care for them well.”
- “Children in the early years settle quickly into the school’s routines and learn to adhere to the high expectations all staff have of them.”
- “Pupils learn to play cooperatively together and develop warm and positive relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum does not set out carefully enough the skills and knowledge that pupils need to learn, in order to become proficient writers.”
- “This makes it more difficult for teachers to ensure that pupils acquire the knowledge that they need to write fluently and accurately.”
- “However, in recent years, the attendance of some pupils has declined.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 50% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 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.
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greengate Junior School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ramsden Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Parkside Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barrow Island Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cambridge Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brisbane Park Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' CofE Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good