Overall Oxbridge
#1,442
1 ranked schools · -528 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,983
Applications
8
Offers
1
Offer rate12.5%
-9.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Schools in Barrow-in-Furness
Once a hamlet under the sway of Furness Abbey, Barrow-in-Furness was remade by Victorian iron investors and the Furness Railway into one of northern England's most distinctive planned industrial towns, occupying the tip of the Furness peninsula in Cumbria between Morecambe Bay and the Duddon Estuary.
Hindpool forms the historic core of the grid-planned borough and is among the most sought-after pockets for school catchments, while Barrow Island and Yarlside draw families competing for primary places in a catchment compressed by the peninsula's geography. Parkside and the surrounding estates extend the residential arc northward. Around 55,000 people lived in Barrow at the 2021 census; Northern Rail links the town to Lancaster in under an hour, with connections to the West Coast Main Line.
22
Primary
schools
3
Secondary
schools
1
All-through
schools
1
Post-16
colleges
1
Special
schools
1
Other
schools
of which1sixth forms·8faith·1nurseries30 total
Area Performance
Barrow-in-Furness schools rank in the top 70% of England
Across 24 primary and secondary schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.14/10, -0.21 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
7% Elite
Distribution across all Barrow-in-Furness schools
EliteExcellentGoodDeveloping
Barrow-in-Furness vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 70%
Across all ranked Barrow-in-Furness schools
Top 68%Primaryavg #10,161 of 14,978
Top 79%Secondaryavg #3,031 of 3,861
Primary schools: 20 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.3/10
-0.03 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#10,161
-18 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 68% of 14,978
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
51%
-11 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
4%
-4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.3/10
-0.03 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#10,161
-18 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 68% of 14,978
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
51%
-11 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
4%
-4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Secondary schools: 4 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.3/10
-1.15 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#3,031
-29 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 79% of 3,861
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
40.0
+0.9 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.3/10
-1.15 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#3,031
-29 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 79% of 3,861
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
40.0
+0.9 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Oxford
#287
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,197
Applications
3
Offers
0
Offer rate0.0%
-15.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 15.1%
Cambridge
#1,475
1 ranked schools · -702 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,880
Applications
5
Offers
1
Offer rate20.0%
-9.4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
Top 3 Primary Schools
2026
Barrow-in-Furness
Top 3 Secondary Schools
2026
Barrow-in-Furness
1 Sixth Form
2026
Barrow-in-Furness
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