Vickerstown School
Mill Lane, Walney, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3XY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SOUTH CUMBRIA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Vernon
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 156
- URN
- 149244
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01229471350
About this school
Vickerstown School is a primary academy in Barrow-in-Furness. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 156 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
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: requires significant improvement.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 28 | 30 | 26 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 43% | 15% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 46% | 60% | 27% |
| Expected standard in maths | 25% | 53% | 23% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 32% | 43% | 27% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 103.0 | 97.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96.0 | 100.0 | 94.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.30 | - | - |
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 Vickerstown 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 | 11% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 57% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 15% | 56.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 189 |
| 2023/24 | 183 |
| 2024/25 | 174 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Vickerstown School compares
Vickerstown School ranked 97th of 98 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 15% | 6.8% | 21.7% | 156 | — |
| St Columba's School | 30% | 4.8% | 11.8% | 212 | 0.5 miles |
| South Walney Infant and Nursery School | — | 3.9% | 15% | 134 | 0.7 miles |
| South Walney Junior School | 66% | 4.8% | 24.6% | 209 | 0.7 miles |
| Brisbane Park Infant School | — | 6% | 41.2% | 95 | 0.9 miles |
| St James' CofE Junior School | 31% | 4.7% | 51.2% | 115 | 1.0 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.66%
- English as an additional language
- 0.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.78%
- Persistent absence
- 18.49%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Columba's School0.5 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
South Walney Infant and Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
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South Walney Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
Brisbane Park Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
-
St James' CofE Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Barrow-in-Furness
Other schools in Barrow-in-Furness
Vickerstown School ranks 20th 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
- 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 Vickerstown School teach?
- Vickerstown School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Barrow-in-Furness.
- Who is the headteacher of Vickerstown School?
- The headteacher of Vickerstown School is Mrs Caroline Vernon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Vickerstown School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Vickerstown 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 Vickerstown School?
- Vickerstown School has 156 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Vickerstown School full?
- Vickerstown School has capacity for 210 pupils and 156 on roll (74%), 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 Vickerstown School a faith school?
- No. Vickerstown School has no designated religious character.
- Does Vickerstown School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Vickerstown School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Vickerstown School?
- Vickerstown School is part of SOUTH CUMBRIA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Vickerstown School have?
- The schools register lists Vickerstown School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Vickerstown School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 11% in 2022/23 and 15% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Vickerstown School rank locally?
- Vickerstown School ranked 97th of 98 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Vickerstown School's absence rate?
- Vickerstown School's overall absence rate is 6.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Vickerstown School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Vickerstown 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 15 July 2026.