Chetwynde School
All-through · Free schools · Ages 3–16 · Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.5 miles
Published by Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 1.0 mi
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Chetwynde School is an all-through school in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Chetwynde 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 2026 | 1.5 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | 1.0 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.5 miles from the school, about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2024.
- Reception in 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.0 miles from the school.
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
- Rating Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 0NY
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 3–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 508 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being part of the close-knit community at Chetwynde School.”
- “Staff know pupils well and understand their needs.”
- “Staff ensure that pupils feel involved and included in school life.”
To improve
- “However, in a few places, some pupils do not acquire new knowledge as securely as they should.”
- “This is because the support that pupils receive does not focus well enough on the specific gaps in their knowledge.”
- “The published data indicates that the proportion of Year 1 pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check was below the national average in 2023.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 December 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) | 70% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.2 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 25 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 64 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Westmorland and Furness.
- South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Moorfield Learning Centre 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- George Hastwell School Special Academy 2.8 mi Not judged
- Sandside Lodge School 6.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Fell House School 12.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- SwitchED2 16.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Oversands School 16.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Windermere School 21.6 mi No Ofsted grade