St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School

St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School continues to perform well, retaining its status as a good school. Pupils thrive in a welcoming and inclusive environment, characterized by strong relationships between staff and families. The recent focus on improving early reading has resulted in significant progress for pupils, contributing to a positive school culture where kindness and respect are paramount. Despite these strengths, the school faces challenges in fully implementing its curriculum, which has led to some gaps in pupils' knowledge across subjects, particularly in personal, social, health, and economic education. Overall, the school is on a promising path, but there remains work to be done in enhancing curriculum oversight and assessment strategies.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a friendly and inclusive school environment.
• Strong communication between parents and staff about pupils' needs.
• Effective teaching of early reading leading to strong progress.
• Staff have expert subject knowledge and provide effective interventions.
• Pupils exhibit good behaviour and kindness towards one another.
• Opportunities for pupils to participate in leadership roles and broaden their experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• Some gaps in pupils' knowledge due to inconsistent curriculum implementation.
• Assessment processes for the wider curriculum are underdeveloped.
• Lack of strategic oversight from leaders regarding school performance.

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 St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.7% 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, 2.8% of pupils at St Michael and All Angels Catholic 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 St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 40.0% 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, 19.1% of pupils at St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.7% 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 St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School received £8,872 and spent £9,146 for each of its 141 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £123,000 (£872 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 St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School have?

St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School has 141 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School cover?

St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School?

St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School is at Stonyford Road, Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 8AF.