Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Barnsley
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate | |||
| Early years provision | Inadequate |
Inspection history
- 21 January 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade · as Summer Lane Primary, URN 131459
- 16 November 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Summer Lane Primary, URN 131459
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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 entry56 applications · 20 places offered · 17 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.8; Barnsley median median 1.9
- 2025 2.9; Barnsley median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2024 3.1; Barnsley median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2023 3.5; Barnsley median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2022 2.3; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 2.5; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 2.2; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 2.9; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 2.9; Barnsley median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.9; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 3.1; Barnsley median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Barnsley median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 3.2; Barnsley median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Barnsley median
Dashed bars: as Summer Lane Primary (URN 131459), 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 | 56 | 2.8 | 17 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2025 * | 29 | 83 | 2.9 | 25 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2024 * | 35 | 107 | 3.1 | 32 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 * | 38 | 132 | 3.5 | 43 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 * | 40 | 93 | 2.3 | 42 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2021 * | 32 | 81 | 2.5 | 27 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2020 * | 40 | 86 | 2.2 | 34 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 * | 39 | 112 | 2.9 | 58 | 1.49 |
| Sep 2018 * | 40 | 114 | 2.9 | 50 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2017 * | 40 | 114 | 2.9 | 39 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 40 | 122 | 3.1 | 46 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2015 * | 59 | 118 | 2.0 | 48 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2014 * | 39 | 126 | 3.2 | 38 | 0.97 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three 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 | ||||
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
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
- Summer Lane PrimaryThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place
- 0.3 km · BarnsleyGood20241.8applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · BarnsleyStandards maintained20241.7applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · BarnsleyRemains Good20242.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · BarnsleyRemains Good20241.8applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · BarnsleyGood20241.7applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · BarnsleyOutstanding20244.0applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · BarnsleyRemains Good20221.7applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · BarnsleyRemains Good20231.7applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
School details
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources