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This is a list of schools in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. There are 26 schools in Barrow educating at a primary level (including infant and junior schools), three secondary schools and two colleges of further education. Chetwynde School, formerly a private school educates at all three levels.
Barrow Sixth Form College, no longer considered a sixth form college, is part of Furness College, and is in the outskirts of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.Barrow Sixth Form College was established in 1979 to fulfil the role of the main A level provider in Barrow following the merger of the two Barrow Grammar Schools and their change to deliver education to only 11 to 16 year-olds.
He retired at the end of the 2010–11 academic year. Tumelty received the Benemerenti Medal for his religious teachings in the school. Since September 2024 the headteacher has been Daniel Vince. [2] Previously a voluntary aided school administered by Cumbria County Council, in September 2021 St Bernard's Catholic High School converted to ...
Walney School is a secondary school on Walney Island in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. As a result of the Education Act 1944 , Walney Island needed to have its own secondary school. Today (2020) it is an 11 – 16 Academy with approximately 585 students currently on roll.
Chetwynde was founded as Our Lady's Chetwynde School in 1938 by Sister Aquinas and her nuns as a girls' school. In 1976, the school became mixed and independent from the church, though it retained its Catholic faith and ethos. Under Margaret Stones, the school's first headteacher, Chetwynde achieved high levels of sporting and academic success ...
Furness College is a further education college based on two campuses in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. It is the largest provider of education and training in south Cumbria offering a wide range of vocational courses to its students. The college has over 950 students aged 16–18, and over 300 adult students.
Pages in category "Schools in Barrow-in-Furness" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
People educated at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School for Boys, Lancashire (since 1974 Cumbria). Former pupils of Barrow Boys Grammar School and Barrow Girls Grammar School are known as Old Barrovians. Both schools merged to form Parkview Community College of Technology in the late 1970s, which eventually became Furness Academy in 2009.