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 | Expected 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
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Inspection history
- 20 January 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 13 December 2022Graded inspection: Good · as Birdwell Primary School, URN 106595
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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 entry66 applications · 30 places offered · 30 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Barnsley median median 1.9
- 2025 2.0; Barnsley median median 2.0
- 2024 1.9; Barnsley median median 2.0
- 2023 2.2; Barnsley median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2022 1.9; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 1.7; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.7; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 1.8; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Barnsley median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.3; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Barnsley median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.4; Barnsley median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.7; Barnsley median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Barnsley median
Dashed bars: as Birdwell Primary School (URN 106595), 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 | 30 | 66 | 2.2 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 51 | 2.0 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 57 | 1.9 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 * | 24 | 52 | 2.2 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 * | 27 | 52 | 1.9 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 30 | 50 | 1.7 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 28 | 57 | 2.0 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 25 | 57 | 2.3 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 73 | 2.4 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 80 | 2.7 | 36 | 1.20 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 89% · Writing 93% · Maths 93% → all three 85% 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 | 85% | 19% | 108 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 82% | 18% | 108 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 69% | 15% | 105 | 106 |
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
- Birdwell Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · BarnsleyRemains Good20231.9applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · BarnsleyGood20222.4applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Barnsley20262.1applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · BarnsleyRemains Good20231.7applications per place 0%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · BarnsleyRemains Good20232.2applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · BarnsleyRemains Good20221.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · BarnsleyGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · BarnsleyGood2024
- 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
- 149455 · 370/2089
- Trust
- Hcat
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 191 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2023
- Replaced
- Birdwell Primary School (URN 106595)
- Address
- Sheffield Road, Birdwell, Barnsley, S70 5XB
- Local authority
- Barnsley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources