St Pius X Catholic Primary School 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 28/11/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is average, progress in writing is well below average, The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.6%, which is 0.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Schneider Road, Barrow-in-Furness

School Information

Address: Schneider Road, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 4AA
Website: www.st-piusx.cumbria.sch.uk
Telephone: 01229828406
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Kevin McGoldrick
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 112365

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 28/11/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 190
Number of Pupils: 174
Number of Boys: 89
Number of Girls: 85

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.8% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -1.1 Confidence interval -3.5 to 1.4
Writing
Well Below Average: -2.9 Confidence interval -5.1 to -0.6
Maths
N/A: -2.1 Confidence interval -4.3 to 0

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:42%
England Average:65%

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

School:4%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:101
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:100
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 1,602 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Pius X Catholic Primary School
Schneider Road , LA14 4AA 		2out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Ormsgill Nursery and Primary School
Mill Bank , LA14 4AR 		3out of 4 574 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Victoria Academy
Devonshire Road , LA14 5NE 		3out of 4 997 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Victoria Infant and Nursery School
Oxford Street , LA14 5QN 		3out of 4 1,313 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Paul's CofE Junior School
Hawcoat Lane , LA14 4HF 		3out of 4 1,455 yd Voluntary aided school No 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 2,476 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Furness Academy
Park Drive , LA13 9BB 		3out of 4 2,533 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Furness College
Channelside , LA14 2PJ 		- not rated 1,956 yd Further education Not Applicable 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 2,177 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 2,374 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Moorfield Learning Centre
Moorfield Street , Barrow in Furness LA13 9RS 		- not rated 3,046 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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