Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursey is a primary school located in Barrow in Furness. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 18/10/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is well above average, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.4%, which is 0.6 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Skelwith Drive, Barrow in Furness

School Information

Address: Skelwith Drive, Barrow in Furness, LA14 4PG
Website: www.daneghyll.cumbria.sch.uk/
Telephone:
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Peter Mills
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 112213

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 18/10/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 2 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 198
Number of Boys: 99
Number of Girls: 99

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 5.4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 4.6 Confidence interval 2.1 to 7.2
Writing
Average: 0.8 Confidence interval -1.6 to 3.1
Maths
Average: -0.5 Confidence interval -2.8 to 1.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:73%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:9%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:109
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Hindpool Nursery School
Bath Street , LA14 5TS 		4out of 4 3,055 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursey
Skelwith Drive , LA14 4PG 		2out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Paul's CofE Junior School
Hawcoat Lane , LA14 4HF 		3out of 4 1,121 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Ormsgill Nursery and Primary School
Mill Bank , LA14 4AR 		3out of 4 1,382 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Victoria Academy
Devonshire Road , LA14 5NE 		3out of 4 1,603 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Victoria Infant and Nursery School
Oxford Street , LA14 5QN 		3out of 4 1,637 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow
Rating Lane , LA13 9LE 		- not rated 1,384 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Furness Academy
Park Drive , LA13 9BB 		3out of 4 2,728 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Dowdales School
, LA15 8AH 		3out of 4 3,091 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Chetwynde School
Rating Lane , LA13 0NY 		2out of 4 989 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Newbridge House PRU
Newbridge House , Ewan Close LA13 9HU 		3out of 4 2,295 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Moorfield Learning Centre
Moorfield Street , Barrow in Furness LA13 9RS 		- not rated 3,183 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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