Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Barnsley
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 27 January 2026Report card · 7 Strong standard
- 15 September 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry38 applications · 20 places offered · 19 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Barnsley median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; Barnsley median median 2.0
- 2024 1.9; Barnsley median median 2.0
- 2023 2.5; Barnsley median median 2.0
- 2022 1.7; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2021 1.2; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2020 1.4; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2019 1.7; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2018 1.5; Barnsley median median 1.8
- 2017 1.6; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2016 1.9; Barnsley median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.1; Barnsley median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Barnsley median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Barnsley median
Dashed bars: as Worsbrough Bank End Primary School (URN 106598), 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 | 20 | 38 | 1.9 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 24 | 41 | 1.7 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 57 | 1.9 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 19 | 47 | 2.5 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 23 | 40 | 1.7 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 28 | 34 | 1.2 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 25 | 36 | 1.4 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 25 | 43 | 1.7 | 21 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 45 | 1.5 | 25 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 48 | 1.6 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 57 | 1.9 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2015 * | 29 | 60 | 2.1 | 36 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2014 * | 28 | 52 | 1.9 | 24 | 0.86 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 92% · Writing 92% · Maths 96% → all three 92% 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 | 92% | 20% | 109 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 3% | 105 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 69% | 7% | 106 | 105 |
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
- Bank End Primary AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place 92%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · BarnsleyOutstanding20231.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · BarnsleyRemains Good20221.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · BarnsleyOutstanding20231.8applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · BarnsleyGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · BarnsleyGood20241.8applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Barnsley20262.2applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · BarnsleyStandards maintained20241.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · BarnsleyRemains Good20221.7applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144036 · 370/2099
- Capacity
- 231 pupils · 199 on roll
- Free school meals
- 47.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2017
- Replaced
- Worsbrough Bank End Primary School (URN 106598)
- Address
- Underwood Avenue, Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, S70 4AZ
- Local authority
- Barnsley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources