North Walney Primary & Nursery School
Duddon Drive, Walney, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3TN
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Russell Brown
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 161
- Pupils on roll
- 5
- URN
- 112240
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
About this school
North Walney Primary & Nursery School was a community primary school in Barrow-in-Furness. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 5 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
North Walney Primary & Nursery School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 4 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - |
| Expected standard in reading | - |
| Expected standard in maths | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - |
Trends over time
How North Walney Primary & Nursery 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | 5 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How North Walney Primary & Nursery School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.3% | 40% | 5 | — |
| Vickerstown School | 15% | 6.8% | 21.7% | 156 | 0.2 miles |
| St Columba's School | 30% | 4.8% | 11.8% | 212 | 0.6 miles |
| South Walney Infant and Nursery School | — | 3.9% | 15% | 134 | 0.8 miles |
| South Walney Junior School | 66% | 4.8% | 24.6% | 209 | 0.9 miles |
| Brisbane Park Infant School | — | 6% | 41.2% | 95 | 1.1 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.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 6.3%
- Persistent absence
- 20.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Vickerstown School0.2 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
St Columba's School0.6 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
South Walney Infant and Nursery School0.8 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
South Walney Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
Brisbane Park Infant School1.1 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
Other schools in Barrow-in-Furness
- Barrow Island Community Primary School Primary
- Brisbane Park Infant School Primary
- Cambridge Primary School Primary
- Greengate Junior 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
Common questions
- What ages does North Walney Primary & Nursery School teach?
- North Walney Primary & Nursery School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Barrow-in-Furness.
- Has North Walney Primary & Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected North Walney Primary & Nursery School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at North Walney Primary & Nursery School?
- North Walney Primary & Nursery School had 5 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- What are North Walney Primary & Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, North Walney Primary & Nursery 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 31 August 2024.