Barrow Island Community Primary School, Barrow-in-Furness

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Barrow Island Community Primary School! We believe that every child deserves the best education and we have the highest expectations for every child who attends our school. Our aim is for them to 'be the best they can be' and reach their full potential."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at Barrow Island Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 58% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 73% in Westmorland and Furness and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 33% in reading and 38% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put Barrow Island Community Primary School as their first choice and 21 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Barrow Island Community Primary School are St George's CofE School (0.5 miles, Good, 79% reading, 89% maths); Greengate Junior School (0.7 miles, Good, 74% reading, 81% maths); South Walney Junior School (0.8 miles, 83% reading, 83% maths); and Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow (0.8 miles, 57% reading, 76% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Barrow Island Community Primary School.

In 2026, 49 pupils (30.2%) received SEN support and 12 (7.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Barrow Island Community Primary School had 11 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Station Entrance, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Coffee House (at), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Barrow Island Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 284 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Westmorland and Furness (11), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Barrow Island Community Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 1.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.