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Kexborough Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 187 pupils Barnsley
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Kexborough Primary School is an academy converter in Barnsley for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 187 pupils on roll. In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Ballfield Lane
Kexborough
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S75 5EF
Phone 01226382288
Reference Number 143556

General Makeup

Number of pupils 187
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.34%
Girls: 48.66%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 25%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 22.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 15 9 24
2 12 13 25
3 13 12 25
4 12 19 31
5 15 9 24
6 14 14 28

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 95.2%
Mixed, Other 1.6%
White & Black (African) 1.1%
White, Other 0.5%
African 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 23 Apr 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
23 Apr 2025 School inspection
19 Nov 2019 School inspection
04 Feb 2017 Academy conversion letter
12 Jun 2014 Full inspection:
Previously as Kexborough Primary School
15 Jan 2013 Interim assessment
19 Oct 2009 Full inspection:
14 Mar 2007 Full inspection:
21 Jan 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 57%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 4%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 103
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.3
Writing -1
Maths -1.2

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 7 1
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 2 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Kexborough Primary School had 180 pupils for 210 places. 30 places (14.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Primary Planning Area 01” planning area

Barnsley counted 325 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 281 in 2029–30, down 14%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210210210
Pupils 201198194198200195182180
Unfilled 4.3%5.7%7.6%5.7%4.8%7.1%13.3%14.3%

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 Kexborough Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 4.1%3.3%2.8%5.2%3.9%3.9%3.7%
Unauthorised absence 1.5%1.6%0.9%1.8%1.5%2.0%2.0%
Severely absent pupils 1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%

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 Kexborough Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.40.00.00.00.00.03.50.0
Permanent exclusions 00000000

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 Kexborough Primary School had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.711.510.311.511.510.711.210.511.8
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%5.5%0.0%3.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.2%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 46.2%41.7%–15.4%54.5%45.5%54.5%45.5%–
Sick days per teacher 4.20.7–0.51.52.11.04.7–

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, 14.4% of pupils at Kexborough Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 7 3
Social, emotional and mental health 9 0
Moderate learning difficulty 5 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 0
Multi-sensory impairment 1 1
Hearing impairment 0 1
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0

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 Kexborough Primary School received £7,186 and spent £7,223 for each of its 186 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £291,000 (£1,567 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Every Child Matters Academy Trust, income was £7,232 and spending £7,315 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £216,000£226,000£254,000£275,000£263,000£297,000£291,000
per pupil £1,018£1,062£1,235£1,291£1,295£1,539£1,567
In-year balance £38,000£21,000£23,000-£130,000-£15,000£50,000-£7,000
per pupil £180£98£113-£610-£73£257-£37

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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Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy
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Laithes Primary School
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Scissett Church of England Academy
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Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
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3.25 miles
Shawlands Primary School
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3.27 miles
Name Distance
Darton Academy
Ballfield Lane, Darton, Barnsley, S75 5EF
0.08 miles
Edan Court School
Edan Court, Colliers Way, Clayton West, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 9TR
2.81 miles
Horizon Community College
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2.88 miles
Trinity Academy St. Edwards
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3.32 miles
Greenacre School
Keresforth Hill Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 6RG
3.35 miles
Joseph Norton Academy
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3.37 miles
Barnsley College
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3.48 miles
Springwell Special Academy
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3.69 miles
Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School
Carlton Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S71 2LF
3.72 miles
Denby Grange School
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3.91 miles
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4.12 miles
Shelley College, A Share Academy
Huddersfield Road, Shelley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 8NL
4.83 miles
Kettlethorpe High School
Kettlethorpe Hall Drive, Standbridge Lane, Sandal, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 7EL
4.84 miles
Penistone Grammar School
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4.98 miles

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Kexborough Primary School is part of Every Child Matters Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Kexborough Primary School have?

Kexborough Primary School has 187 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kexborough Primary School cover?

Kexborough Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kexborough Primary School?

Kexborough Primary School is at Ballfield Lane, Kexborough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 5EF.

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