Newbarns Primary & Nursery School
Rising Side, Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9ET
This school is closed (it closed in September 2023).
It was replaced by Newbarns Primary and Nursery School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Gary Birkett
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 459
- Pupils on roll
- 440
- URN
- 112244
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
About this school
Newbarns Primary & Nursery School was a community primary school in Barrow-in-Furness. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 440 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Newbarns Primary & Nursery School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 66% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.70 | - |
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 Newbarns 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 | Westmorland and Furness average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 57% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 56.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Newbarns Primary & Nursery School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.9% | 10.3% | 440 | — |
| Newbarns Primary and Nursery School | 47% | 4.6% | 12.6% | 444 | 0.0 miles |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | 62% | 4.3% | 5.5% | 217 | 0.2 miles |
| Victoria Infant and Nursery School | — | 3.8% | 8.3% | 228 | 0.6 miles |
| St Paul's CofE Junior School | 44% | 3.6% | 10.5% | 71 | 0.6 miles |
| Parkside Academy | 71% | 4.3% | 42% | 272 | 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.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.3%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.9%
- Persistent absence
- 14.4%
Location
Nearby schools
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Newbarns Primary and Nursery School0.0 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
Holy Family Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
Victoria Infant and Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
St Paul's CofE Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
Parkside Academy0.6 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 year groups does Newbarns Primary & Nursery School teach?
- Newbarns Primary & Nursery School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Barrow-in-Furness.
- Has Newbarns Primary & Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Newbarns 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 big is Newbarns Primary & Nursery School?
- Newbarns Primary & Nursery School had 440 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Newbarns Primary & Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 49% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Newbarns Primary & Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newbarns 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 30 January 2025.