Keresforth Primary School

Keresforth Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all domains including quality of education, behaviour, and leadership. Pupils report feeling happy, safe, and well-prepared for their future steps in education. The school has strong community ties and staff are committed to supporting all pupils, including those with special educational needs, ensuring an inclusive environment where most students thrive. Despite its many strengths, the school does face some challenges regarding the clarity of curriculum mapping in certain subjects, which has led to gaps in pupils' knowledge.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and safe in a friendly, inclusive environment.
• High expectations for behaviour lead to respectful interactions among students.
• Careful planning in the early years builds confidence and independence.
• Pupils with additional needs receive well-coordinated support.
• Strong community partnerships enhance student experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack clearly defined small steps in knowledge.
• Teachers exhibit less clarity on what pupils need to learn in certain areas.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Keresforth Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Keresforth Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Keresforth Primary School had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.1% of pupils at Keresforth Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Keresforth Primary School received £6,693 and spent £6,719 for each of its 219 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £221,000 (£1,013 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Keresforth Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Keresforth Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Keresforth Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Keresforth Primary School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Keresforth Primary School have?

Keresforth Primary School has 224 pupils on roll.

What age range does Keresforth Primary School cover?

Keresforth Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Keresforth Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Keresforth Primary School?

Keresforth Primary School is at Keresforth Road, Dodworth, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 3NU.