Newbarns Primary and Nursery School

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Rising Side
 Barrow-in-Furness
 Cumbria LA13 9ET
Telephone: 01229 877442

School Type

Phase: Primary (ages 3-11)
Type: Converter Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2023
History: This school arose from Newbarns Primary & Nursery School
Trust: South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mrs Victoria Fitzgibbons (since October 2025)
Previous Headteacher: Gary Birkett
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 22.59 / 21.09
Non-teaching Staff*: 25.95
Number of pupils: 439
Pupils Per Teacher: 19.4
Sex: Mixed (50% boys / 50% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 11.70% (low)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 20.9%
Local child deprivation rate: 26.4% (2km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 6.5%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 7.4%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 1.4km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Region: North West
Authority: Cumbria
Constituency: Barrow and Furness
Electoral Ward: Hawcoat and Newbarns
School Number: 9432712

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 29th April 2025 (view record)

External Links

DfE Record: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service (0.3km) show on map
  2. Holy Family Catholic Primary School (0.4km) show on map
  3. Furness Academy (0.9km) show on map
  4. St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow (0.9km) show on map
  5. Parkside Academy (0.9km) show on map
  6. Moorfield Learning Centre (1.0km) show on map
  7. Yarlside Academy (1.0km) show on map
  8. Cambridge Primary School (1.1km) show on map
  9. Victoria Infant and Nursery School (1.1km) show on map
  10. Chetwynde School (1.1km) show on map
  11. Victoria Academy (1.3km) show on map
  12. St Paul's CofE Junior School (1.3km) show on map
  13. Roose School (1.4km) show on map
  14. Greengate Junior School (1.4km) show on map
  15. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow (1.4km) show on map
  16. Ramsden Infant School (1.4km) show on map
  17. St George's CofE School (1.7km) show on map
  18. Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursery (2.0km) show on map
  19. Brisbane Park Infant School (2.1km) show on map
  20. St James' CofE Junior School (2.1km) show on map
  21. Hindpool Nursery School (2.1km) show on map
  22. Newton Village Academy (2.1km) show on map
  23. St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow (2.2km) show on map
  24. Ormsgill Nursery and Primary School (2.3km) show on map
  25. Furness College (2.5km) show on map
  26. Barrow Island Community Primary School (2.6km) show on map
  27. Vickerstown School (3.3km) show on map
  28. St Columba's School (3.5km) show on map
  29. Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary School (3.6km) show on map
  30. South Walney Junior School (3.6km) show on map
  31. South Walney Infant and Nursery School (3.6km) show on map
  32. George Hastwell School Special Academy (3.9km) show on map
  33. Walney School (4.0km) show on map
  34. Dowdales School (4.3km) show on map
  35. Chapel Street Infants and Nursery School (4.4km) show on map
  36. George Romney Junior School (4.5km) show on map
  37. Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary Schoo... (4.8km) show on map
  38. Low Furness CofE Primary School (6.8km) show on map
  39. Askam Village School (7.0km) show on map
  40. Lindal and Marton Primary School (7.0km) show on map
  41. Ireleth St Peter's CofE Primary School (7.5km) show on map
  42. Pennington CofE School (8.6km) show on map
  43. Croftlands Infant School (9.7km) show on map
  44. Croftlands Junior School (9.7km) show on map
  45. Haverigg Primary School (10.1km) show on map
  46. Ulverston Victoria High School (10.3km) show on map
  47. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston (10.3km) show on map
  48. Millom Infant School (10.4km) show on map
  49. Parkview Nursery School (10.4km) show on map
  50. Sandside Lodge School (10.5km) show on map
  51. St James' Catholic Primary School (10.6km) show on map
  52. Black Combe Junior School (10.8km) show on map
  53. Sir John Barrow School (10.9km) show on map
  54. Millom School (11.1km) show on map
  55. Church Walk CofE Primary School (11.2km) show on map
  56. Burlington CofE School (12.6km) show on map
  57. Thwaites School (15.5km) show on map
  58. Penny Bridge CofE School (15.8km) show on map
  59. Flookburgh CofE Primary School (15.9km) show on map
  60. Broughton CofE Primary and Nursery School (17.1km) show on map
  61. Allithwaite CofE Primary School (18.4km) show on map
  62. Cartmel Priory CofE School (18.6km) show on map
  63. Cartmel CofE Primary School (18.8km) show on map
  64. Leven Valley CofE Primary School (19.9km) show on map
  65. Grange CofE Primary School (20.1km) show on map
  66. Fell House School (20.5km) show on map
  67. Captain Shaw's CofE School (20.9km) show on map
  68. Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary ... (21.8km) show on map
  69. Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Pr... (22.0km) show on map
  70. Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School (22.2km) show on map
  71. West End Primary School (22.2km) show on map
  72. Mossgate Primary School (22.2km) show on map
  73. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School (22.4km) show on map
  74. Bay Leadership Academy (22.5km) show on map
  75. Lindale CofE Primary School (22.6km) show on map
  76. Morecambe Bay Community Primary School (23.0km) show on map
  77. Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School (23.2km) show on map
  78. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School (23.4km) show on map
  79. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe (23.5km) show on map
  80. Morecambe Bay Academy (23.7km) show on map
  81. Lancaster Road Primary School (23.9km) show on map
  82. Great Wood Primary School (24.6km) show on map
  83. Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community P... (25.0km) show on map
  84. Shakespeare Primary School (25.2km) show on map
  85. Bleasdale School (25.2km) show on map
  86. Morecambe Road School (25.2km) show on map
  87. St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood (25.2km) show on map
  88. St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy (25.2km) show on map
  89. Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School (25.3km) show on map
  90. Charles Saer Community Primary School (25.3km) show on map
  91. Silverdale St John's Church of England Volunt... (25.3km) show on map
  92. Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary ... (25.4km) show on map
  93. Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary ... (25.4km) show on map
  94. Lancaster and Morecambe College (25.5km) show on map
  95. Waberthwaite CofE School (25.5km) show on map
  96. Dean Barwick Primary School (25.8km) show on map
  97. Arnside National CofE School (25.8km) show on map
  98. Fleetwood High School (25.8km) show on map
  99. Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School (26.0km) show on map
  100. Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England... (26.1km) show on map
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Predecessor Schools†
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