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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 24 April 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 12 June 2014Graded inspection: Good · as Kexborough Primary School, URN 106623
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry32 applications · 18 places offered · 17 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Barnsley median median 1.9
- 2025 1.2; Barnsley median median 2.0
- 2024 1.4; Barnsley median median 2.0
- 2023 1.6; Barnsley median median 2.0
- 2022 1.3; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2020 1.2; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2019 1.5; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2018 1.3; Barnsley median median 1.8
- 2017 1.2; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2016 1.6; Barnsley median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Barnsley median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Barnsley median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Barnsley median
Dashed bars: as Kexborough Primary School (URN 106623), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 18 | 32 | 1.8 | 17 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 19 | 23 | 1.2 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 30 | 1.4 | 19 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 19 | 30 | 1.6 | 17 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2022 | 23 | 29 | 1.3 | 22 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 26 | 42 | 1.6 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 23 | 27 | 1.2 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 22 | 33 | 1.5 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 24 | 30 | 1.3 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 25 | 30 | 1.2 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 47 | 1.6 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 45 | 1.5 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 * | 25 | 37 | 1.5 | 25 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 64% · Maths 68% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Barnsley median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 57% | 4% | 103 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 8% | 106 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 59% | 6% | 105 | 103 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Kexborough Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · BarnsleyRemains Good20222.3applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · BarnsleyGood20242.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · BarnsleyGood20243.2applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · BarnsleyImproved significantly20252.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · BarnsleyGood20242.6applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · BarnsleyOutstanding20244.0applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · BarnsleyGood20241.7applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · Kirklees20262.1applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143556 · 370/2135
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 187 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2017
- Replaced
- Kexborough Primary School (URN 106623)
- Address
- Ballfield Lane, Kexborough, Barnsley, S75 5EF
- Local authority
- Barnsley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources