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Furness Academy

Furness Academy
Park Drive
Barrow in Furness
Cumbria
England
LA139BB

📞 phone: 01229 484270

👨‍🏫 headteacher: Mr Simon Laheney

✉️ reveal email: i…@furnessacademy.co.ukreveal

🌍 web: www.furnessacademy.co.uk

1117 pupils mixed gender
1200 pupils capacity: 93% full

619 boys 55%

498 girls 45%

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Secondary — Academy sponsor led

Admissions policy
Non-selective
Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
135940
Education phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Establishment #
6908
Open date
1. September 2009
Reason open
New Provision
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 320952, Northing: 469650
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 54.117, Longitude: -3.2108
Accepting pupils
11—16 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
20. September 2017
Region › Const. › Ward
North West › Barrow and Furness › Parkside
Free school meals %
27.10
Trust
FURNESS EDUCATION TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10027714

School governors

  • Mr Simon Laheney, Local Governor
    (1. September 2015—None)
  • Miss Victoria Fawcett, Local Governor
    (4. September 2021—19. July 2022)
  • Mr John Shields, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (7. December 2017—7. December 2023)
  • Mrs Hilary Ellam, Local Governor
    (1. September 2018—31. August 2022)
  • Mrs Anne Burns, Local Governor
    (1. September 2019—31. August 2023)
  • Mrs Jayne Moorby, Local Governor
    (1. September 2019—31. August 2023)
  • Mr Steven McKinnell, Local Governor
    (1. September 2019—31. August 2023)
  • Mrs Jayne Beach, Local Governor
    (1. March 2020—28. February 2024)
  • Mrs Hayley Halliwell, Local Governor
    (25. November 2021—31. August 2022)
  • Mr Graeme Corkill, Local Governor
    (21. July 2021—20. July 2025)
  • Mr Mark Woodham, Local Governor
    (4. July 2021—3. July 2025)
  • Mrs Carol Pascoe, Local Governor
    (7. December 2021—31. August 2022)
  • Mr Robin White, Local Governor
    (26. January 2022—25. January 2026)
  • Mr Doug Walters, Local Governor
    (1. September 2022—31. August 2026)
  • Mr Andrew Kendall, Local Governor
    (26. September 2022—25. September 2026)
  • Mrs Hilary Ellam, Local Governor
    (1. September 2022—31. August 2026)
  • Mrs Kirstie Bennett, Local Governor
    (8. March 2023—7. March 2027)
  • Mrs Laura Lake, Local Governor
    (8. March 2023—7. March 2027)
  • Miss Ellyse Rochford, Local Governor
    (8. March 2023—7. March 2027)
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Schools nearby

  1. Furness Academy, LA139BB (1117 pupils)
  2. 0.1 miles Greengate Infant School, LA139BY
  3. 0.1 miles Parkside Academy, LA139BY (292 pupils)
  4. 0.2 miles Parkview School, CA13SL
  5. 0.3 miles Newbridge House PRU, LA139HU (60 pupils)
  6. 0.3 miles Moorfield Learning Centre, LA139RS (12 pupils)
  7. 0.4 miles Priory Grove Infant School, LA139NP
  8. 0.4 miles Abbotsmead Junior School, LA139RP
  9. 0.4 miles South Newbarns Infant School, TS57DY
  10. 0.4 miles Cambridge Primary School, LA139RP (217 pupils)
  11. 0.5 miles Greengate Junior School, LA141BG (166 pupils)
  12. 0.5 miles Ramsden Infant School, LA141AN (128 pupils)
  13. 0.5 miles Newbarns Primary & Nursery School, LA139ET (424 pupils)
  14. 0.5 miles Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, LA142BA (201 pupils)
  15. 0.5 miles South Newbarns Junior School, LA139ET
  16. 0.5 miles Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow, LA142BA (206 pupils)
  17. 0.6 miles St George's CofE School, LA142JN (261 pupils)
  18. 0.6 miles Holy Family Catholic Primary School, LA139LR (222 pupils)
  19. 0.7 miles The Alfred Barrow School, LA142LB
  20. 0.8 miles Victoria Infant and Nursery School, LA145QN (229 pupils)
  21. 0.9 miles Victoria Junior School, LA145NE
  22. 0.9 miles Roose School, LA130HF (192 pupils)
  23. 0.9 miles St Paul's CofE Junior School, LA144HF (74 pupils)
  24. 0.9 miles Victoria Academy, LA145NE (190 pupils)
  25. 1 mile Thorncliffe School - A Specialist Sports College, CA13SH

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