Primary schools in Barnsley
65 primary schools in Barnsley, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings. All-through schools, which take pupils from 4 to 18, are listed on both the primary and the secondary page for their town.
Barnsley in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 64 schools in Barnsley first 1,967 times for 1,961 places: 1.00 first choices per place. 11 of the 64 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, 11 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.27 miles (Keresforth Primary School) to 2.17 miles (Cawthorne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Gawber Primary School
- Hunningley Primary Academy
- The Forest Academy
- Bank End Primary Academy
- Barugh Green Primary School
- Birdwell Primary School
- Birkwood Primary School
- Brierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Burton Road Primary School
- Carlton Primary Academy
- Cawthorne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Cherry Dale Primary School
- Churchfield Primary School
- Elsecar Holy Trinity CofE Primary Academy
- Greenfield Primary School
- High View Primary Learning Centre
- Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
- Hoyland Common Primary School
- Hoyland Springwood Primary School
- Joseph Locke Primary School
- Jump Primary Academy
- Keresforth Primary School
- Ladywood Primary School
- Laithes Primary School
- Lift Meadstead
- Lift St Helen's
- Mapplewell Primary School
- Milefield Primary School
- Oakwell Rise Primary Academy
- Outwood Primary Academy Darfield
- Outwood Primary Academy Littleworth Grange
- Parkside Primary Academy
- Queens Road Academy
- Royston St John Baptist CE Primary
- Sandhill Primary School
- Shawlands Primary School
- Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School
- Silkstone Primary School
- South Hiendley Primary School
- Springvale Primary School
- St Helen's Catholic Primary School
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Barnsley
- St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School
- Summerfields Primary Academy
- Tankersley St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary School
- The Ellis Church of England Primary School
- The Mill Academy
- Ward Green Primary School
- Wilthorpe Primary School
- Wombwell Park Street Primary School
- Worsbrough Common Primary School
- Lift Shafton
- Oakhill Primary Academy
- Upperwood Academy
- Brampton Cortonwood Infant School
- Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy
- All Saints Academy Darfield
- Athersley North Primary School
- Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School
- West Meadows Primary School
- Summer Lane Primary
- Athersley South Primary School
- Kexborough Primary School
- Kings Oak Primary
- Wellgate Primary School
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