Barrowby School
A parish school was built in Barrowby in 1852. The building is located close to the church and part of the original school hall and bell tower remain. In recent years the school has been modernised with additional new buildings. The Houses are Chichester (Boat), Armstong (Rocket), Scott (Plane).
Barrowby School currently has an Ofsted rating of "outstanding"; from September 2010 to April 2011, 6% of schools were judged as outstanding by Ofsted. It currently has 242 pupils from 4-11 years and has received Basic Skills Mark, Healthy Schools and Eco-Schools Silver Status awards.
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