Springvale Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Barnsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2023
0.373 miles
Published by Barnsley Council · offers on 17 April 2023
2021 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Springvale 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 8 June 2023. Barnsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2023 entry.
Springvale 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 2023 | 0.373 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2023, the last child offered a place lived 0.373 miles from the school, the 4th shortest of 9 Barnsley primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Barnsley.
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
- Sheffield Road, Penistone, Barnsley, S36 6HJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Barnsley
- Pupils on roll
- 227 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 June 2023
Strengths
- “The school’s ethos, ‘play together, learn together and achieve together’, is at the heart of everything this school has to offer.”
- “Leaders and governors are determined that every child who attends Springvale has a well-rounded education.”
- “There is a strong and caring ethos that makes Springvale a warm and welcoming school.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have not currently identified how pupils will learn what it means to be an expert in their subjects.”
- “However, some staff do not say the sounds correctly.”
- “This means some pupils are not able to blend sounds accurately when reading.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 July 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) | 80% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 24 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.
- Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.7 mi Good
- Oxspring Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Hoylandswaine Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Thurlstone Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Thurgoland Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School 2.2 mi Good
- Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Millhouse Primary School 2.4 mi Good
- Silkstone Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published