Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Barrow-in-Furness

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £3.50 per day.

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils at Holy Family Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 73% in Westmorland and Furness and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 80% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 25 families put Holy Family Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 65 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Holy Family Catholic Primary School are Newbarns Primary and Nursery School (0.2 miles, 68% reading, 62% maths); St Paul's CofE Junior School (0.4 miles, Good, 89% reading, 61% maths); Victoria Infant and Nursery School (0.5 miles, Good); and Victoria Academy (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 83% reading, 79% maths).

Holy Family Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 9 pupils (4.1%) received SEN support and 9 (4.1%) 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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Roose Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hollow Lane (at), 200 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Holy Family Catholic Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 174 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Westmorland and Furness (11), as is usual near a town centre.

Holy Family Catholic Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Holy Family Catholic Primary School are St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow (0.4 miles); Chetwynde School (0.5 miles); and Furness Academy (0.6 miles).