Sir John Barrow School
About the school
Sir John Barrow School is an open primary school in Westmorland and Furness.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 1 March 2023
- Published
- 9 May 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Outstanding
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 72%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 58%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 6%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 91%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 81%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 69%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 91%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 73%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 91%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 71%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 34%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 23%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 91%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 82%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 108
- Westmorland and Furness
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Westmorland and Furness
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 108
- Westmorland and Furness
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
242
Girls
49.17%
Boys
50.83%
SEN support
7.85%
Education, health and care plan
6.61%
English as an additional language
4.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
18.18%
Overall absence
4.4
Persistent absence
4.92