Barrow URC Primary School

Primary · state · United Reformed Church · ages 4–11 · 206 pupils · BB7 9AZ

GoodOfstedInspected Jun 2024

10%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

1.3Applications per placeFirst choices, Reception 2026

73%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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5.8% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths73% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths10% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)67% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 109, maths 110.

How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 40 families put it first for 30 places (1.3 first choices per place, oversubscribed). 75% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Reception, 2024	30	32	1.1	84%
Reception, 2025	30	42	1.4	71%
Reception, 2026	30	40	1.3	75%

Money

£6,046spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

69%of spending on staff, 44% on teachers

£21krevenue reserve (1.6% of a year's income)

£30ksurplus in the year

Income £1.3m, spending £1.2m (April 2025 to March 2026, 206 pupils).

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Scaled scores: 100 is the expected standard and 120 is the top.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Money: Department for Education consistent financial reporting (council-maintained schools), 2025-26; Open Government Licence.

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How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 40 families put it first for 30 places (1.3 first choices per place, oversubscribed). 75% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Reception, 2024

1.1

84%

Reception, 2025

1.4

71%

Reception, 2026

1.3

75%