Vickerstown School, Barrow-in-Furness
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 6 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Vickerstown School provides a caring, safe environment where pupils feel valued and behaviour is positive. The school has a strong focus on reading from the earliest years and offers pupils a broad range of enrichment activities including clubs, trips, and residential visits. Pupils develop good personal qualities through a well-designed programme celebrating diversity and teaching them about democracy and community responsibility.
Key Strengths
- Safeguarding standards are met with an open culture where concerns are actively identified and managed
- Warm relationships between staff and pupils, with the school being a calm and orderly place to learn
- Strong personal development programme celebrating diversity, with pupils taking on meaningful leadership roles
- Early reading curriculum helping pupils learn to read accurately
- Wide range of clubs and visits including dance, art, football, and residential trips to cities
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching does not help pupils learn consistently well, particularly in writing, spelling, handwriting and grammar
- Teachers do not adapt teaching to meet individual pupil needs, especially disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND
- Too few pupils reach expected standards by end of Year 6, with significant gaps for disadvantaged pupils
- Early years staff lack precision in identifying what children need to learn next
- Leadership and governance have been too slow addressing curriculum issues identified at previous inspection
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed.
Extracurricular Activities
Dance, art, football clubs, beach visits, library visits, church visits, residential visits to London and other cities
Vickerstown School requires significant improvement as it is performing significantly less well than expected across most areas. While safeguarding standards are met and the school has a calm, caring environment, teaching quality and pupil achievement need urgent attention.
At a Glance
18.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 60% to 27%. Maths has declined from 53% to 23%. Writing has remained stable at around 62%.
Class Sizes
22.0
Avg class size
27.0
KS2
2
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
74%
Available places
156 pupils
210 capacity
54 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Barrow-in-Furness
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Barrow-in-Furness
Admissions Demand - Westmorland and Furness
Places available
2,627
Applications
1,698
Got 1st preference
97.9%
Got preferred school
99.4%
Primary admissions across Westmorland and Furness (2025/26)
Inspection History(2)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.77828%
Overall absence
18.49315%
Persistent absence
146
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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