Parkside Academy
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Parkside Academy is a primary school in BARROW-in-FURNESS, Westmorland and Furness for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Parkside Academy 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 24 first-choice applications for 27 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- At 0.9 first choices per offer, Reception 2026 demand was the 10th lowest of 111 Westmorland and Furness primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 26.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.5 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
- Greengate Street, BARROW-in-FURNESS, LA13 9BY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 272 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 20 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at Parkside Academy.”
- “Staff are deeply interested in each pupil’s needs and ensure that they feel safe and valued.”
- “Pupils who join the school at different times settle in quickly.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, pupils do not make strong links with what they have learned before.”
- “As a result, their understanding is not as deep as it could be.”
- “However, the activities that teachers choose are not consistently effective.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 March 2026 (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) | 71% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 24 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 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greengate Junior School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cambridge Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ramsden Infant School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St George's CofE School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newbarns Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Victoria Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published