Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided primary school in Barrow-in-Furness (Westmorland and Furness).
KS2 RWM expected
62%
same England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
76%
▲ 1pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
76%
▲ 2pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
79%
▲ 7pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
95.7%
▲ 1pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
25.2
▲ 4.5 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
6.0%
▼ 19pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
100%
217 / 218 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Compare measures over time
Where each figure sits
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| Measure | Latest year | This school | In England | In Westmorland and Furness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 2024/25 | 4.3% | joint 11,449th highest of 16,262 (62 schools have the same figure) | joint 56th highest of 121 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Unauthorised absence | 2024/25 | 1.2% | joint 8,538th highest of 16,262 (110 schools have the same figure) | 50th highest of 121 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 2024/25 | 0% | joint 11,291st highest of 16,268 (4,978 schools have the same figure) | joint 43rd highest of 121 (79 schools have the same figure) |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 2024/25 | 0.0 | - | - |
| Permanent exclusions | 2024/25 | 0.00% | - | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 2025/26 | 6% | joint 15,464th highest of 16,710 (46 schools have the same figure) | 93rd highest of 121 |
| Any SEN | 2025/26 | 8.3% | joint 16,191st highest of 16,706 (29 schools have the same figure) | 113th highest of 121 |
| SEN support | 2025/26 | 4.1% | joint 16,532nd highest of 16,706 (8 schools have the same figure) | 116th highest of 121 |
| Education, health and care plans | 2025/26 | 4.1% | joint 6,647th highest of 16,706 (254 schools have the same figure) | 61st highest of 121 |
| Teachers (FTE) | 2024/25 | 8.7 | - | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | 2024/25 | 10 | - | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | 2024/25 | 8.4 | - | - |
| Pupils per teacher | 2024/25 | 25.6 | joint 1,315th highest of 16,147 (53 schools have the same figure) | 9th highest of 121 |
| Pupils per adult | 2024/25 | 13.0 | joint 2,566th highest of 16,163 (164 schools have the same figure) | 19th highest of 121 |
| Teacher turnover | 2024/25 | 0% | joint 13,146th highest of 16,165 (3,020 schools have the same figure) | joint 76th highest of 121 (46 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 2024/25 | 41.7% | - | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2024/25 | 5.3 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | 2024/25 | 62% | joint 7,946th highest of 14,270 (335 schools have the same figure) | joint 47th highest of 97 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Places | 2023/24 | 203 | - | - |
| Pupils | 2023/24 | 200 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 2023/24 | 1.5% | - | - |
| Key stage 2 reading progress | 2022/23 | -0.9 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 writing progress | 2022/23 | +0.7 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 maths progress | 2022/23 | -2.3 | - | - |
"Nth highest of N" counts the schools of the same type in the same school year that have a figure, with the highest figure first. It says where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. Where other schools have exactly the same figure the position is called "joint" and the number of schools with that figure is given. A dash means no position is held, because only one school has a figure or every school has the same figure.
Ofsted inspections
- 14/12/2022 (school year 2022/23): Ungraded inspection (no grade given)
- 18/06/2013 (school year 2012/13): Good
- 10/05/2010 (school year 2009/10): Good
Figures: the yearly series on this page. Positions: open schools in England, built 2026-10-27 from the DfE releases held by WhatSchool (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, key stage 2 and 4), Open Government Licence v3.0. Ofsted dates: Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026. DfE has not published key stage 2 progress since 2022/23, so each progress measure has one year.
Attendance and behaviour
iAbsence is the share of possible sessions (half days) missed, for full academic years (no 2019/20 figure is published). Pupils suspended at least once and permanent exclusions are shares of pupils; suspensions per 100 pupils counts every suspension. 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by COVID-19.Overall absence4.3% 2024/25
This school
3.3%
2016/17
3.3%
2017/18
3.2%
2018/19
2.3%
2020/21
5.9%
2021/22
5.8%
2022/23
5.6%
2023/24
4.3%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence1.2% 2024/25
This school
1.1%
2016/17
1%
2017/18
1.1%
2018/19
0.5%
2020/21
1%
2021/22
1.9%
2022/23
1.5%
2023/24
1.2%
2024/25
Pupils suspended at least once0% 2024/25
This school
0%
2017/18
0%
2018/19
0%
2019/20
0%
2020/21
0%
2021/22
0%
2022/23
0%
2023/24
0%
2024/25
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.0 2024/25
This school
0.0
2017/18
0.0
2018/19
0.0
2019/20
0.0
2020/21
0.0
2021/22
0.0
2022/23
0.0
2023/24
0.0
2024/25
Permanent exclusions0.00% 2024/25
This school
0.00%
2017/18
0.00%
2018/19
0.00%
2019/20
0.00%
2020/21
0.00%
2021/22
0.00%
2022/23
0.00%
2023/24
0.00%
2024/25
Pupils
iPupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and special educational needs (SEN) are shares of all pupils on roll in the January census.Eligible for free school meals (census)6% 2025/26
This school
4.7%
2019/20
5.2%
2020/21
5.4%
2021/22
5.4%
2022/23
6.1%
2023/24
4.9%
2024/25
6%
2025/26
Any SEN8.3% 2025/26
This school
4.7%
2019/20
4.8%
2020/21
5%
2021/22
5.8%
2022/23
5.3%
2023/24
4%
2024/25
8.3%
2025/26
SEN support4.1% 2025/26
This school
2.6%
2019/20
2.2%
2020/21
1.4%
2021/22
2.7%
2022/23
1.8%
2023/24
0.9%
2024/25
4.1%
2025/26
Education, health and care plans4.1% 2025/26
This school
2.1%
2019/20
2.6%
2020/21
3.6%
2021/22
3.1%
2022/23
3.5%
2023/24
3.1%
2024/25
4.1%
2025/26
Staff
iTeacher numbers are full-time equivalents (FTE) or headcount from the November school workforce census. Turnover is the share of teachers who left in the year.Teachers (FTE)8.7 2024/25
This school
11.0
2017/18
13.8
2018/19
10.7
2019/20
10.7
2020/21
10.3
2021/22
9.7
2022/23
10.5
2023/24
8.7
2024/25
Teachers (headcount)10 2024/25
This school
14
2017/18
17
2018/19
13
2019/20
13
2020/21
13
2021/22
11
2022/23
12
2023/24
10
2024/25
Teaching assistants (FTE)8.4 2024/25
This school
5.4
2017/18
5.8
2018/19
6.0
2019/20
9.4
2020/21
6.3
2021/22
9.6
2022/23
8.6
2023/24
8.4
2024/25
Pupils per teacher25.6 2024/25
This school
19.3
2017/18
16.1
2018/19
20.6
2019/20
21.5
2020/21
21.6
2021/22
23.0
2022/23
21.7
2023/24
25.6
2024/25
Pupils per adult13.0 2024/25
This school
12.9
2017/18
11.4
2018/19
13.2
2019/20
11.4
2020/21
13.3
2021/22
11.6
2022/23
11.9
2023/24
13.0
2024/25
Teacher turnover0% 2024/25
This school
13.6%
2017/18
21.7%
2018/19
0%
2019/20
9.3%
2020/21
12.6%
2021/22
9.3%
2022/23
24.8%
2023/24
0%
2024/25
Teachers taking sickness absence41.7% 2024/25
This school
64.3%
2016/17
69.2%
2017/18
50%
2018/19
40%
2020/21
38.5%
2021/22
33.3%
2022/23
46.2%
2023/24
41.7%
2024/25
Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers)5.3 2024/25
This school
5.4
2016/17
3.9
2017/18
7.5
2018/19
1.4
2020/21
1.2
2021/22
0.8
2022/23
1.4
2023/24
5.3
2024/25
Results
iKey stage 2: pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Key stage 4: Attainment 8 (average points across eight subjects) and Progress 8.Key stage 2 expected standard62% 2024/25
This school
66%
2022/23
77%
2023/24
62%
2024/25
Places
iPlaces and pupils come from the school capacity survey, so pupil numbers can differ from the January census figure.Places203 2023/24
This school
203
2015/16
203
2016/17
203
2017/18
203
2018/19
203
2020/21
203
2021/22
203
2022/23
203
2023/24
Pupils200 2023/24
This school
208
2015/16
204
2016/17
211
2017/18
203
2018/19
202
2020/21
201
2021/22
198
2022/23
200
2023/24
Unfilled places1.5% 2023/24
This school
0%
2015/16
0%
2016/17
0%
2017/18
0%
2018/19
0.5%
2020/21
1%
2021/22
2.5%
2022/23
1.5%
2023/24
All the numbers
iA dash means no published figure for that year. Each year is a school year, for example 2024/25 is September 2024 to August 2025.Yearly series held by WhatSchool from DfE school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, capacity and performance table releases. Series end at different years because DfE publishes them on different timetables. Latest-year values here can differ from the headline on another tab where DfE has revised a figure.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | - | - | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.2% | - | 2.3% | 5.9% | 5.8% | 5.6% | 4.3% | - |
| Unauthorised absence | - | - | 1.1% | 1% | 1.1% | - | 0.5% | 1% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.2% | - |
| Pupils suspended at least once | - | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | - |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
| Permanent exclusions | - | - | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | - | - | - | - | - | 4.7% | 5.2% | 5.4% | 5.4% | 6.1% | 4.9% | 6% |
| Any SEN | - | - | - | - | - | 4.7% | 4.8% | 5% | 5.8% | 5.3% | 4% | 8.3% |
| SEN support | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6% | 2.2% | 1.4% | 2.7% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Education, health and care plans | - | - | - | - | - | 2.1% | 2.6% | 3.6% | 3.1% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 4.1% |
| Teachers (FTE) | - | 11.2 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 8.7 | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | - | 15 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | - | 6.6 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 9.4 | 6.3 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 8.4 | - |
| Pupils per teacher | - | 18.7 | 17.8 | 19.3 | 16.1 | 20.6 | 21.5 | 21.6 | 23.0 | 21.7 | 25.6 | - |
| Pupils per adult | - | 11.1 | 11.3 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 11.4 | 13.3 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 13.0 | - |
| Teacher turnover | 29.9% | 10.8% | 8.2% | 13.6% | 21.7% | 0% | 9.3% | 12.6% | 9.3% | 24.8% | 0% | - |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 38.5% | 26.7% | 64.3% | 69.2% | 50% | - | 40% | 38.5% | 33.3% | 46.2% | 41.7% | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 8.4 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 7.5 | - | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 5.3 | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66% | 77% | 62% | - |
| Places | 203 | 203 | 203 | 203 | 203 | - | 203 | 203 | 203 | 203 | - | - |
| Pupils | 205 | 208 | 204 | 211 | 203 | - | 202 | 201 | 198 | 200 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | - | 0.5% | 1% | 2.5% | 1.5% | - | - |
Where this school sits in England
iEach figure is placed among state-funded primary schools in England that report it for the same school year. "Higher than 70% of schools" means 70 in every 100 schools have a lower figure. This describes where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. It is not a ranking of the school.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | This school | Year | Position | Schools compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 4.3% | 2024/25 | Higher than 30% of schools | 15,967 |
| Unauthorised absence | 1.2% | 2024/25 | Higher than 47% of schools | 15,967 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 0% | 2024/25 | Higher than 0% of schools | 15,971 |
| Pupils per teacher | 25.2 | 2025/26 | Higher than 90% of schools | 16,358 |
| Pupils per adult | 10.1 | 2025/26 | Higher than 39% of schools | 16,358 |
| Teacher turnover | 0% | 2024/25 | Higher than 0% of schools | 15,868 |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 5.3 | 2024/25 | Higher than 73% of schools | 15,016 |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 6% | 2025/26 | Higher than 7% of schools | 16,436 |
| Special educational needs | 8.3% | 2025/26 | Higher than 3% of schools | 16,436 |
| Education, health and care plans | 4.1% | 2025/26 | Higher than 59% of schools | 16,436 |
| English as an additional language | 5.1% | 2025/26 | Higher than 33% of schools | 16,436 |
| Pupils on roll | 217 | year not recorded | Higher than 47% of schools | 16,437 |
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