There are 15 primary schools, 5 infant schools, 5 junior schools and many nurseries. For 5-11 year olds, there is a good choice of primary schools in towns, suburbs and villages. See how they perform by clicking on the links below:
Primary School League Tables 2007
DCSP Performance + Ofsted
- Allithwaite C of E
- Ambleside Primary
- Askam Village
- Barrow Island
- Black Combe Jnr
- Broughton C of E
- Burlington C of E
- Cambridge Primary
- Captain Shaw’s C of E
- Cartmel C of E Primary
- Coniston C of E Primary
- Croftlands Junior
- Dalton St Marty’s C of E
- Dane Ghyll
- Dear Barwick
- Flookburgh C of E
- George Romney Jnr
- Goodly Dale Primary
- Grange C of E Primary
- Grasmere C of E
- Greengate Junior
- Haverigg Primary
- Hawkshead Esthwaite
- Holy Family Catholic
- Ireleth St Peter’s
- Langdale C of E
- Leven Valley C of E
- Lindal and Marton
- Lindale C of E
- Low Furness C of E
- Newbarns Primary
- Newton Primary
- North Walney Primary
- Ormsgill Primary
- Our Lady of the Rosary
- Pennington C of E
- Penny Bridge C of E
- Roose School
- Sacred Heart Catholic
- Seascale Primary
- Sir John Barrow
- South Walney Junior
- St Bees Village
- St Columba Catholic
- St Cuthbert’s Catholic
- St George’s C of E
- St James’ C of E Junior
- St James’ Catholic
- St Mary’s Catholic
- St Paul’s C of E Junior
- St Pius X Catholic
- Thwaites School
- Vickerstown
- Victoria Junior
- Waberthwaite C of E
- Windermere C of E Junior
- Yarlside Primary
THREE Barrow primary schools are being lined up to be rebuilt or remodelled under a £12.3m plan.
REVAMP: Vickerston Primary School, above, St George’s CE School, top left, and Barrow Island Primary School, bottom left. 18th June 08 JOE RILEY REF: 0435551JOE RILEY
Vickerstown, St George’s CE and Barrow Island schools are being considered for mass revamps under Cumbria County Council proposals.
The council is aiming to secure around £150m from the government to improve primary schools over the next 15 years.
The authority’s cabinet has approved a revised Strategy for Cumbria’s Primary Schools.
If the proposals are passed by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the county could get an initial cash injection of £12.3m to spend on refurbishing primary schools, between 2009 and 2011.
The cabinet has recommended to the full council that the first pot of money should all be spent in Barrow.
It recommended Vickerstown Primary, on Walney, is rebuilt and Barrow Island and St George’s are remodelled.
Julie Fryer, the headteacher of Barrow Island Primary, on Trinity Street, said: “It’s tremendously exciting, but we have to be mindful that it is a proposal. Potentially it could be a huge benefit for the community that is Barrow Island. Potentially it goes way beyond the school.”
Michelle Phizacklea, the headteacher of Vickerstown Primary, on Latona Street, said: “It’s fantastic news for the town. It is a real investment in the future of the young people of Barrow.”
St George’s School, on Salthouse Road, is made up of four separate buildings. For many years the school has wanted to join the buildings together. Elaine Kent, the school’s headteacher, said she did not know what remodelling plans the council has for the school at this stage.
Feasibility studies of the projects will be carried out. Schools picked for the first round of money needed to fit criteria including; standards need to be raised, there are relatively high levels of deprivation and the existing buildings are poor and not conducive to 21st Century learning and teaching methods.
The council said the proposed strategy has been sent to the government in draft form to meet the national deadline this week.
The council’s bid to secure cash to benefit schools has been welcomed, but the primary strategy has been controversial.
Cumbria headteachers, governors, and other education figures raised concerns about the document.
Teachers said statements such as “no school should have more than 15 per cent surplus places” needed clarification.
It was also felt that the advantages of small schools were not included and some of the language suggested potential school closures.
The National Association for Small Schools called for the document to be scrapped and started again.
It was concerned the consultation was short and started just before the Easter holidays. Some teachers were also unhappy with a questionnaire for pupils.
In all, 128 schools responded to the consultation, a 39 per cent overall response rate. The majority of the responses agreed with the council’s underlying principles.
Jim Buchanan, the council’s cabinet member for children’s wellbeing said the timescale for producing the strategy was extremely tight, but it was not the council’s making.
He said: “We are now able to take this forward, and hopefully release funds for rebuilding and refurbishing the three Barrow schools.
“This concentration of resources, along with the work that is being undertaken in the secondary sector, will help to lead to a wider transformation of education and learning in Barrow.”
He stressed the initial document concentrates on principles and guidelines, rather than proposals for specific schools or areas. He said there will be close work and consultation with communities.
The town's main library is the Central Library in Ramsden Square, situated near the Town Centre.
