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Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Community school
Skelwith Drive, Barrow in Furness LA14 4PG · daneghyll.cumbria.sch.uk
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 65%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Westmorland and Furness 58%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.50 mi
- 0.80 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Westmorland and Furness Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 267
- 49 over 218 places · 122%
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 4.5%
- First language not English
- 5.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.50 mi (805 m) from the school. Source: Westmorland and Furness Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 28 places were offered; 73% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 28 | 37 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 43 | 1.4▲ | 70% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 43 | 1.4▲ | 70% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 38 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 44 | 1.5▲ | 68% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.50 mi0.80 km | |
The council gives the furthest distance offered to the nearest half mile and says the cut-off was based on distance.
Results
In 2024/25, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Westmorland and Furness it was 58%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲65% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursery was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 December 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jul 2024 found: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 10 Jul 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (86 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 86
- 31% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (13%) with SEND