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.
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Area Performance
Barrow-in-Furness schools rank in the top 69% of England
Across 25 primary and secondary schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.00/10, -0.35 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
7% Elite
Distribution across all Barrow-in-Furness schools
Barrow-in-Furness vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 69%
Across all ranked Barrow-in-Furness schools
Primary schools: 21 schools (state + independent)
top 67% of 14,825
top 67% of 14,825
Secondary schools: 4 schools (state + independent)
top 79% of 3,810
top 79% of 3,810
Top 3 Primary Schools
2026
Barrow-in-Furness town
Top 3 Secondary Schools
2026
Barrow-in-Furness town
Local directory
School profiles in Barrow-in-Furness
Browse 28 local profile links across primary schools in barrow-in-furness town and secondary schools in barrow-in-furness town. Each profile brings together admissions context, performance data, inspection history and school details in one place.
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