South Hiendley Primary School

South Hiendley Primary School demonstrates overall good performance across all evaluated areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school fosters a strong sense of community, prioritizing pupil safety and wellbeing, with a positive environment that values each student. Staff have high expectations, and pupils are reported to engage actively in their learning with a focus on kindness and respect for others.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community within the school.
• High expectations of pupils' attitudes and behaviour.
• Effective management of pupil behaviour by staff.
• Positive support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Well-planned and engaging early years learning experiences.
• Effective personal, social and health education curriculum.
• Commitment of trustees and governors to staff development.

Areas for Improvement

• Some activities in early years are not precisely matched to children's learning needs.
• Opportunities to deepen pupils' understanding in new subjects are sometimes missed.

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 South Hiendley Primary School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.1% 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, 5.3% of pupils at South Hiendley 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 South Hiendley Primary School had 17.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.8% 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, 8.7% of pupils at South Hiendley Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 South Hiendley Primary School received £7,443 and spent £6,755 for each of its 185 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £191,000 (£1,034 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Inspire Partnership Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,468 and spending £6,416 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 · Wakefield local authority: places and applications

South Hiendley Primary School is part of Inspire Partnership Multi Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Grove Lea Primary School Pontefract
• Fitzwilliam Primary School Pontefract
• Featherstone Girnhill Infant School Pontefract
• Ash Grove Primary Academy Pontefract
• Ackton Pastures Primary Academy Castleford
• Half Acres Primary Academy Castleford
• Towngate Primary Academy Ossett
• Gawthorpe Community Academy Ossett

What is South Hiendley Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for South Hiendley Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was South Hiendley Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

South Hiendley Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does South Hiendley Primary School have?

South Hiendley Primary School has 184 pupils on roll.

What age range does South Hiendley Primary School cover?

South Hiendley Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is South Hiendley Primary School?

South Hiendley Primary School is at George Street, South Hiendley, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S72 9BY.