St Columba's School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · 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 Columba's School is a primary school in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2022. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
St Columba's 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
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 30% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 27 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness.
- 8.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29.6% 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
- Church Lane, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3AD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive at school happy and eager to learn.”
- “Children in the early years settle quickly.”
- “They enjoy exploring and learning together with their friends.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the completion of these checks has been hindered by situations due to the recent COVID19 pandemic.”
- “In these subjects, leaders do not have a clear view of how well pupils are remembering the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2023 (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) | 30% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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 Infant and Nursery School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Walney Junior School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Vickerstown School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barrow Island Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brisbane Park Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' CofE Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- St George's CofE School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ramsden Infant School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published