Greengate Junior School
Greengate Street, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 1BG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr K Wright
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 161
- URN
- 112206
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Telephone
- 01229812592
About this school
Greengate Junior School is a community primary school in Barrow-in-Furness. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 161 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 44 | 48 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 63% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 69% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 75% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 67% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Greengate Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Westmorland and Furness average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 57% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 56.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 161 |
| 2023/24 | 169 |
| 2024/25 | 176 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Greengate Junior School compares
Greengate Junior School ranked 52nd of 98 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 5.6% | 47.2% | 161 | — |
| Ramsden Infant School | — | 4.6% | 34.7% | 80 | 0.2 miles |
| St George's CofE School | 50% | 6.5% | 51.8% | 226 | 0.3 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow | 43% | 7.2% | 39.7% | 202 | 0.3 miles |
| Parkside Academy | 71% | 4.3% | 42% | 272 | 0.4 miles |
| Cambridge Primary School | 52% | 6.3% | 63.4% | 230 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report3 March 2026
- 10 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.16%
- English as an additional language
- 5.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.64%
- Persistent absence
- 12.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ramsden Infant School0.2 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
St George's CofE School0.3 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow0.3 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
Parkside Academy0.4 miles
Primary · BARROW-in-FURNESS
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Cambridge Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
Other schools in Barrow-in-Furness
Greengate Junior School ranks 7th of the 20 ranked primary schools in Barrow-in-Furness.
- Barrow Island Community Primary School Primary
- Brisbane Park Infant School Primary
- Cambridge Primary School Primary
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary
- Newbarns Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Newton Village Academy Primary
- Ormsgill Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Parkside Academy Primary
- Ramsden Infant School Primary
- Roose School Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow Primary
- South Walney Infant and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Greengate Junior School teach?
- Greengate Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Barrow-in-Furness.
- Who is the headteacher of Greengate Junior School?
- The headteacher of Greengate Junior School is Mr K Wright, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Greengate Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Greengate Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Greengate Junior School?
- Greengate Junior School has 161 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Greengate Junior School full?
- Greengate Junior School has capacity for 240 pupils and 161 on roll (67%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Greengate Junior School a faith school?
- No. Greengate Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Greengate Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Greengate Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Greengate Junior School have?
- The schools register lists Greengate Junior School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Greengate Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Greengate Junior School rank locally?
- Greengate Junior School ranked 52nd of 98 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Greengate Junior School's absence rate?
- Greengate Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Greengate Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Greengate Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.