Silkstone Primary School

Silkstone Primary School has shown overall good performance across various domains, with respected leadership and a strong support system in place. The school fosters a positive and inclusive environment, where children feel valued and motivated to succeed academically and personally. The current curriculum has seen improvements, with clear expectations set for pupils, contributing to their ability to remember and apply knowledge effectively. Notably, pupils with special educational needs receive commendable support to access the ambitious curriculum alongside their peers. However, the early years provision requires improvement, indicating inconsistencies in educational quality for younger children.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate high levels of respect and acceptance among peers.
• The school has effectively improved the quality of education since the last inspection.
• Pupils achieve well and are able to remember learned concepts.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and well-being of pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years curriculum lacks clear identification of important knowledge.
• Learning environment in early years does not always support independent skill development.
• Inconsistent approaches to teaching phonics may hinder some pupils' progress.
• Some pupils find work too easy or too hard, affecting their learning.

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 Silkstone Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.8% 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 Silkstone 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 Silkstone Primary School had 24.4 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, 13.0% of pupils at Silkstone Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% 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 Silkstone Primary School received £6,204 and spent £6,256 for each of its 200 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £13,000 (-£65 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 Silkstone Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Silkstone Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Silkstone Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Silkstone Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Silkstone Primary School have?

Silkstone Primary School has 200 pupils on roll.

What age range does Silkstone Primary School cover?

Silkstone Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Silkstone Primary School?

Silkstone Primary School is at High Street, Silkstone, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 4LR.