Burton Road Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Barnsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.269 miles
Published by Barnsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2023 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Burton Road Primary School is a primary school in Barnsley for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. Barnsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Burton Road Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.269 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.269 miles from the school, the 8th longest of 20 Barnsley primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2023 and in 2021, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 45 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 43 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Barnsley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Old Mill, Burton Road, Barnsley, S71 2AA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Barnsley
- Pupils on roll
- 331 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “Relationships throughout the school are positive.”
- “Pupils appreciate receiving praise and rewards for making the right choices.”
To improve
- “Some of the curriculum improvements are new this academic year and not fully embedded.”
- “In a small number of subjects, the school does not consistently take into account what pupils already know and can do.”
- “As a result, some lessons are not sufficiently ambitious for pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 76% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 45 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 43 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Barnsley.
- Queens Road Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Oakwell Rise Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Outwood Primary Academy Littleworth Grange 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Lift St Helen's 1.0 mi Good
- Athersley South Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained
- Wilthorpe Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Summer Lane Primary 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Laithes Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published