Cambridge Primary School
Cambridge Street, Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9RP
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
It was replaced by Cambridge Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jenny Lavery
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 245
- Pupils on roll
- 218
- URN
- 134117
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
About this school
Cambridge Primary School was a community primary school in Barrow-in-Furness. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 218 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Cambridge Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2003, 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 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.10 |
| Writing progress | +0.80 |
| Maths progress | -1.40 |
How Cambridge Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.4% | 66.1% | 218 | — |
| Cambridge Primary School | 52% | 6.3% | 63.4% | 230 | 0.0 miles |
| Parkside Academy | 71% | 4.3% | 42% | 272 | 0.4 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow | 43% | 7.2% | 39.7% | 202 | 0.4 miles |
| Greengate Junior School | 60% | 5.6% | 47.2% | 161 | 0.6 miles |
| St George's CofE School | 50% | 6.5% | 51.8% | 226 | 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)
- 66.1%
- English as an additional language
- 3.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.4%
- Persistent absence
- 21.3%
Location
Nearby schools
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Cambridge Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
Parkside Academy0.4 miles
Primary · BARROW-in-FURNESS
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow0.4 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
Greengate Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
St George's CofE School0.6 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 ages does Cambridge Primary School teach?
- Cambridge Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Barrow-in-Furness.
- Has Cambridge Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Cambridge Primary 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 Cambridge Primary School?
- Cambridge Primary School had 218 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- What are Cambridge Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cambridge Primary 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 12 September 2023.