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Walney Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Sandy Gap Lane, Walney, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 3JT · walney-school.co.uk · 01229 471528
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Westmorland and Furness 45.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Westmorland and Furness Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 468
- 52% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 27.8%
- First language not English
- 2.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Westmorland and Furness Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 54 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 68 | 65 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 92 | 84 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 103 | 93 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 66 | 62 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.7, and 21.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Westmorland and Furness it was 45.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼21.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼41.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼7.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.19 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Further education | 67.2 | +20.1 |
| Other education | 1.6 | −0.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 13.1 | −7.6 |
| Employment | 1.6 | −0.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.8 | −6.3 |
| Activity not captured | 6.6 | −1.4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Walney Academy on 7 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 7 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Dec 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Feb 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
34% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (79 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 34%
- Replies
- 79
- 15% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (23%) with SEND