St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow 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.
St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow 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
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 30.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 18.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness.
- Every Reception 2025 applicant was offered a place, which was also true of 23 of the 96 other Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 22 offers, 0.9 per offer, the 13th lowest of 111 Westmorland and Furness primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Schneider Road, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 4AA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this school.”
- “They benefit from positive relationships with adults.”
- “Many pupils enjoy learning because they find the curriculum interesting.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, some pupils, especially older pupils, are not ready for the next steps in their education.”
- “This is because they have not benefited fully from leaders' recent changes to the curriculum.”
- “Some of these pupils have gaps in their knowledge, which hold them back from achieving as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 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) | 48% | 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, 22 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.
- Ormsgill Nursery and Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Victoria Academy 0.6 mi Outstanding
- Victoria Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- St James' CofE Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Brisbane Park Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursery 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published