Greengate Junior School, Barrow-in-Furness

Ofsted's report card from its 3 March 2026 inspection grades Greengate Junior School on 6 areas: 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders and staff prioritise attendance and are vigilant at spotting when pupils' absence rates rise."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate view of the quality of the curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders and staff place high value on building relationships with families and getting to know pupils individually."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, including those responsible for governance, have an acute understanding of the context of the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders promote pupils' wider development well."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that the activities designed to deliver learning consistently enable pupils to build on their knowledge, so that they gain a deep understanding across the full curriculum"; "Leaders should strengthen the effectiveness of their checks on the impact of the curriculum to ensure that these lead to consistently strong standards across all aspects of the school's provision".

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils at Greengate Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 81% 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 69% in reading and 75% in maths in 2024.

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

Across Westmorland and Furness, 96% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Westmorland and Furness lodged 5 appeals against primary school offers; 5 reached a hearing and none succeeded.

The nearest other state primary schools to Greengate Junior School are Ramsden Infant School (0.2 miles, Good); St George's CofE School (0.3 miles, Good, 79% reading, 89% maths); Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow (0.3 miles, 57% reading, 76% maths); and Parkside Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 79% reading, 75% maths).

Greengate Junior School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

13 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Greengate Junior School (as of April 2026): 92% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 0% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (0%).

48.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (87%) and Black (6%).

In 2026, 28 pupils (17.4%) received SEN support and 30 (18.6%) 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.

Greengate Junior School has a resourced provision for autism and social, emotional and mental health needs: 20 places, 14 pupils on roll.

Greengate Junior School had 14 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Station Entrance, about 760 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Greengate Junior School (outside), 20 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Greengate Junior 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 359 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Westmorland and Furness (11), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Greengate Junior School issued 3 suspensions, 1.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Greengate Junior School are Furness Academy (0.5 miles); St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow (1.4 miles); Chetwynde School (1.5 miles); and Walney Academy (1.7 miles).