Newbarns Primary and Nursery School

How places are decided at Newbarns Primary and Nursery School

Newbarns Primary and Nursery School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Newbarns Primary and Nursery School's quality of education to be?

Ofsted judged Newbarns Primary and Nursery School's quality of education as Good at its inspection in April 2025, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Newbarns Primary and Nursery School?

Newbarns Primary and Nursery School has 444 pupils on roll.

What ages does Newbarns Primary and Nursery School take?

Newbarns Primary and Nursery School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Newbarns Primary and Nursery School located?

Newbarns Primary and Nursery School is located in Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9ET, Westmorland and Furness.

How do I apply to Newbarns Primary and Nursery School?

Newbarns Primary and Nursery School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

How close do you need to live to get into Newbarns Primary and Nursery School?

Distance did not decide places at Newbarns Primary and Nursery School for 2026-27 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

How are Reception places decided at Newbarns Primary and Nursery School?

When Newbarns Primary and Nursery School has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after, previously looked after children, adopted from care, special guardianship — A 'looked after child' is a child who is (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services functions, in England. A 'previously looked after child' is a child who was looked after in England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements or residence order, or a special guardianship order. All references to previously looked after children in this Code mean such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after and those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Applications in this category must be accompanied by a signed and dated letter from the child's social worker or former social worker confirming their status, to be received by the application deadline in the normal admission round; 2. Children of staff members employed at South Cumbria Multi Academy Trust — The staff member must have a permanent contract, be permanently based at South Cumbria Multi Academy Trust for more than 50% of their normal working hours each week during term time, and have been: • Employed for at least two years at the time of application; or • Recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. For the avoidance of doubt, it is not possible for a staff member to have priority at more than one School within the Trust. For the purpose of this category, a 'child' of a staff member is their natural or adopted child (whether they live with the staff member or elsewhere), and/or their step-child or child of their cohabiting partner (where they live and sleep at the staff member's home address for more than 50% of their time from Sunday to Friday night during term time). For the avoidance of doubt, a step-child or child of a cohabiting partner, who lives elsewhere, will not be eligible for a place under this category; 3. Children with a sibling at the School in Reception Year to Year 6 — The sibling must attend the School in Reception Year to Year 6 at the time when the applicant child is admitted. For the purpose of this category, a 'sibling' is a full sibling (sharing both Parents or Carers), a half sibling (sharing one parent), an adopted sibling, a long-term foster sibling (i.e. not a temporary placement), a step sibling (one child's parent married to the other child's parent), or a child of their parent's cohabiting partner. In all cases, the sibling must live at the child's home address (as defined by this policy) as part of the same core family unit. For the avoidance of doubt, a child of a friend or extended family member (e.g. cousin) will not be a 'sibling' for this purpose, even if they live at the same address as the applicant child. For inclusion in this category, Parents or Carers must state the sibling's details in the application form, and 2 further criteria. 48 places were offered at this entry point for 2026-27. Tie-break: Where there are more applications than places remaining in any of the oversubscription categories, the order in which places will be allocated will be determined by the distance between the child's home address (as defined by this policy) and the School, with those living nearest receiving highest priority. Distance measurements will be undertaken using the Local Authority's computerised Geographical Information System [GIS] This measures a straight-line measure between the centre of the pupil's home address and the main entrance to the school building as determined by the LA in conjunction with the Headteacher at the time the determination was made.

What is the largest ethnic background at Newbarns Primary and Nursery School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 90.1% of pupils at Newbarns Primary and Nursery School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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