Hoyland Common Primary School

Hoyland Common Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all inspection categories. The school fosters a positive learning environment where pupils are polite, engaged, and enjoy a broad curriculum that includes rich cultural experiences. Recent changes in leadership have been effectively managed, allowing the school to continue making progress. There is a strong ethos of inclusion and respect, with leaders emphasizing high expectations and the importance of a nurturing environment for all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Pupils are polite, articulate, and enjoy learning.
• The school has a broad and ambitious curriculum.
• The teaching of phonics is well organized and effectively implemented.
• Leaders promote an inclusive environment for all students.
• Pupils are provided with varied and exciting experiences beyond the classroom.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers lack sufficient subject knowledge in certain areas.
• Support for pupils with SEND is inconsistent, affecting their progress.
• The early years environment does not sufficiently promote language and vocabulary development.
• Pupils have an insufficient understanding of British values and how they apply to society.

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 Hoyland Common Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Hoyland Common 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 Hoyland Common Primary School had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.9% 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, 21.9% of pupils at Hoyland Common Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 2024–25 Hoyland Common Primary School received £7,836 and spent £7,436 for each of its 389 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £531,000 (£1,366 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Hcat, income was £7,867 and spending £7,746 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Barnsley · Barnsley local authority: places and applications

Hoyland Common Primary School is part of Hcat, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• West Meadows Primary School Barnsley
• Birdwell Primary School Barnsley
• The Mill Academy Barnsley
• Ward Green Primary School Barnsley
• Worsbrough Common Primary School Barnsley
• Queens Road Academy Barnsley
• Horizon Community College Barnsley
• Upperwood Academy Barnsley
• Summer Lane Primary Barnsley
• Mapplewell Primary School Barnsley

What is Hoyland Common Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hoyland Common Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Hoyland Common Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hoyland Common Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Hoyland Common Primary School have?

Hoyland Common Primary School has 384 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hoyland Common Primary School cover?

Hoyland Common Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hoyland Common Primary School?

Hoyland Common Primary School is at Sheffield Road, Hoyland Common, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 0DJ.