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Victoria Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Westmorland and Furness

Oxford Street, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 5QN

Website 01229812537

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

96.2%

4.4% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

228

Capacity used

Over capacity

127%

180 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

41 of 41 families who put it first got an offer

47

Places offered

89

Total applications

1.9

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference4141● 100%
2nd preference243● 13%
3rd preference241● 4%
Total894551%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
100%
2025

Westmorland and Furness lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Age range
2–7
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Lindsay Grayless
Address
Oxford Street, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 5QN
Phone
01229812537
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Ward / constituency
Ormsgill and Parkside · Barrow and Furness
Area
Urban: Further from a major town or city
URN
112210

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals4%——
English as additional language4%——
SEN support6%——
46% boys (104)54% girls (124)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

228 pupils · 180 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    18 April 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 113 pupils

Attendance

96.2%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

3.8%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

4.4%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.9%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.1%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

3%
20/21
15%
21/22
21%
22/23
14%
23/24
4%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Westmorland and Furness council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.