Vickerstown School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Vickerstown School is a primary school in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Vickerstown 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant in 2025 was offered a place, as at 23 of the 96 other Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 33.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness.
- In 2024/25, 15% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Mill Lane, Walney, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3XY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 156 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 33.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 March 2026
Strengths
- “This is particularly true for disadvantaged pupils.”
- “In contrast, pupils in the specially resourced provision for pupils with SEND benefit from a curriculum that is well matched and tailored to their needs.”
- “Staff prioritise learning to read from the start.”
To improve
- “Too few pupils achieve as well as they should.”
- “Teaching does not consistently help pupils across the school to develop the knowledge that they need.”
- “In classes, pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) do not consistently receive the support that they need to access the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 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) | 15% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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 Columba's School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Walney Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Walney Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Brisbane Park Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' CofE Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Barrow Island Community Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ramsden Infant School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Greengate Junior School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade