St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

Westmorland and FurnessLocal Authority

Barrow and FurnessConstituency

LA14 4AAPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Westmorland and Furness, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 210 pupils. St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow is part of MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 21 Apr 2026 · published 24 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 68%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

210

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 210
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
6 Jan 2019	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.