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Hoylandswaine Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 94 pupils Sheffield

Hoylandswaine Primary School is an academy sponsor led in Sheffield (Barnsley) for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 94 pupils on roll. In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Pupils turn up more reliably than at almost any other primary school: they missed just 3% of sessions in 2024/25, against 5.2% nationally.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Haigh Lane
Hoylandswaine
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S36 7JJ
Phone 01226762027
Reference Number 150020

General Makeup

Number of pupils 94
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 55.32%
Girls: 44.68%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 8.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 4 8 12
2 5 8 13
3 3 3 6
4 9 8 17
5 11 2 13
6 15 6 21

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.7%
White, Other 2.1%
Mixed, Other 2.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 85%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 20%

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 108
Maths 110

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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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 5 0
Third Preference 8 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Hoylandswaine Primary School had 88 pupils for 140 places. 52 places (37.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Primary Planning Area 12” planning area

Barnsley counted 79 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 58 in 2029–30, down 27%.

20242025
Places 140140
Pupils 8988
Unfilled 36.4%37.1%

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 Hoylandswaine Primary School attended 97.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20242025
Authorised absence 2.9%1.7%
Unauthorised absence 1.2%1.3%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%3.6%

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

Pupils suspended at least once

20242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.0
Permanent exclusions 00

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 Hoylandswaine Primary School had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 35.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202420252026
Pupils per adult 8.19.010.6
Teachers who left state teaching 16.9%17.9%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 33.3%14.3%–
Sick days per teacher 1.00.3–

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, 4.3% of pupils at Hoylandswaine Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 14.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 8 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 9
Specific learning difficulty 1 3
Speech, language and communication needs 1 1
Other difficulty or disability 0 1
Social, emotional and mental health 1 0
Vision impairment 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 Hoylandswaine Primary School received £8,347 and spent £8,469 for each of its 87 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £34,000 (£387 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Hcat, income was £7,867 and spending £7,746 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20242025
Revenue reserve £47,000£34,000
per pupil £533£387
In-year balance £38,000-£11,000
per pupil £429-£122

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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Name Distance
Penistone Grammar School
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1.38 miles
Joseph Norton Academy
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3.59 miles
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4.04 miles
Horizon Community College
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4.27 miles
Greenacre School
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Trinity Academy St. Edwards
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4.51 miles
Stocksbridge High School
Shay House Lane, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S36 1FD
4.63 miles

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How many pupils does Hoylandswaine Primary School have?

Hoylandswaine Primary School has 94 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hoylandswaine Primary School cover?

Hoylandswaine Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hoylandswaine Primary School?

Hoylandswaine Primary School is at Haigh Lane, Hoylandswaine, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S36 7JJ.

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