Cambridge Primary School
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 🔒
Cambridge Primary School 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.
Cambridge Primary 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
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant for Reception 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 16 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 51.7%, against a middle figure of 32.4% 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
- Cambridge Street, Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9RP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel welcome and safe at this school.”
- “They describe it as a family, where staff know them well and greet them warmly each day.”
- “Pupils trust adults to listen and help if they have worries.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not secure the basic writing skills they need.”
- “Gaps in handwriting and spelling limit how well they express their written ideas.”
- “In the early years, activities do not always build on what children already know, so some are not as well prepared for Year 1 as they could be.”
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) | 52% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 16 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.
- Parkside Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greengate Junior School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- St George's CofE School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Roose School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newbarns Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ramsden Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published