Primary
St Columba's School
Church Lane, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3AD
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 212 of 240 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lancaster
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 16.1
- Pupils per adult
- 13.6
- Pupils
- 219
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
30%
21 points below the Barrow-in-Furness average (51% across 20 schools)
103.0
0.5 below the Barrow-in-Furness average (103.5 across 20 schools)
14th of 20 by our score, among the primary schools in Barrow-in-Furness we can score - 24 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 98 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 30% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 75% |
| 23/24 | 70% |
| 24/25 | 30% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 108.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 98.0 |
Church Lane, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3AD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Westmorland and Furness admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Claire O'Donnell
- Address
- Church Lane, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3AD
- Telephone
- 01229471522