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Greengate Junior School

Greengate Street, Greengate Street, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 1BG

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OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)94.4%
Attainment (2024/25)60% met expected standard (KS2)
Roll vs capacityBelow published capacity
Pupils161

Ofsted inspection

Latest Ofsted report card

Report card grades

Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Ofsted grades each area on its own, from urgent improvement up to exceptional. Expected standard means the school is doing everything it should. These grades cannot be compared with the old overall grades.

Report published 4 May 2026.

Inspection history

  • Last overall gradeGood
  • Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in LA14. Where we have them, council (Westmorland and Furness) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
161
Free school meals
48.4%
20.8% above district average (27.6%)

Also: Westmorland and Furness 14.3% · England 24.7%

SEN
33.5%
4.9% above district average (28.6%)

Also: Westmorland and Furness 17.6% · England 18.2%

EAL
5.1%
1.5% below district average (6.6%)
Attendance
94.4% Autumn and spring 2024/25
0.1% below district average (94.5%)

Also: Westmorland and Furness 95.6% · England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the LA14 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

13.9%

0.6% above England (13.3%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

60%

2% below England (62%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

0%

8% below England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

74%

1% below England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

70%

2% below England (72%)

KS2 maths2024/25

81%

7% above England (74%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 97.1%
    2020/21
  • 92%
    2021/22
  • 93.4%
    2022/23
  • 92.8%
    2023/24
  • 94.4%
    2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

  • 48%
    2022/23
  • 63%
    2023/24
  • 60%
    2024/25

Admissions

Applications and offers

Applications and offers are not published for this school in the DfE school-level data for September 2026 entry.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Below published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
240
Pupils on roll
161

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Westmorland and Furness page.

SEN support

SEN %
33.5%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · ASD, SEMH

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Greengate Junior School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in LA14 · Schools in Westmorland and Furness

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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