UK Schools
Furness Academy
Furness Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness Council, teaching 1,187 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in March 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 42.4 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Furness Academy.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Furness Academy.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Inset Day 1 (Students not in school) Monday 1 September 2025 Inset Day
- Staff Inset Day 2 (Students not in school) Tuesday 2 September 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Starts (Year 7 and 11 only) Wednesday 3 September 2025 Term
- Autumn Term Starts (All year groups) Thursday 4 September 2025 Term
- Autumn Term Ends Friday 19 December 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Starts Monday 27 October 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Ends Friday 31 October 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Starts Monday 22 December 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Ends Friday 2 January 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Starts Wednesday 7 January 2026 Term
- Spring Term Ends Friday 27 March 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Starts Monday 16 February 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Holiday Ends Friday 20 February 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Starts Monday 30 March 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Ends Friday 10 April 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Starts Monday 13 April 2026 Term
- Summer Term Ends Friday 17 July 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday Starts Monday 25 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday Ends Friday 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Starts Saturday 18 July 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Ends (approx.) Tuesday 1 September 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Public Holiday) Thursday 1 January 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Public Holiday) Friday 3 April 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Public Holiday) Monday 6 April 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday Monday 4 May 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday Monday 25 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Monday 31 August 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Friday 25 December 2026 Holiday
- Boxing Day Saturday 26 December 2026 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Furness Academy with Westmorland and Furness Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 42.4 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Westmorland and Furness Council England
Attendance 25.7% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Westmorland and Furness Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 92% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Westmorland and Furness Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Furness Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Furness Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.