Primary
Parkside Academy
Greengate Street, BARROW-in-FURNESS, LA13 9BY
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 272 of 300 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.5
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- FURNESS EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 34.0
- Pupils per adult
- 8.5
- Pupils
- 291
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 January 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
October 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
SATs results
71%
20 points above the Barrow-in-Furness average (51% across 20 schools)
105.0
1.5 above the Barrow-in-Furness average (103.5 across 20 schools)
4th 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 | 105 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 71% |
| Working at a higher standard | 7% |
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 | 59% |
| 23/24 | 56% |
| 24/25 | 71% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
Greengate Street, BARROW-in-FURNESS, LA13 9BY
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
- Anthony Costa
- Address
- Greengate Street, BARROW-in-FURNESS, LA13 9BY
- Telephone
- 01229828348