Silkstone Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Barnsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.737 miles
Published by Barnsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Silkstone Primary School is a primary school in Barnsley for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. Barnsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Silkstone 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 | 2.737 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.737 miles from the school, the 3rd longest of 20 Barnsley primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Barnsley.
- Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
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
- High Street, Silkstone, Barnsley, S75 4LR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Barnsley
- Pupils on roll
- 200 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Silkstone Primary School is a school full of respect and acceptance.”
- “Everyone enacts the school mantra of ‘A school with a soul’.”
- “This means that staff and pupils feel valued and cared for.”
To improve
- “Some areas of the curriculum are still more developed than others.”
- “While most pupils achieve well, sometimes, a few pupils find their work too hard, or too easy.”
- “The resources that will most effectively help or challenge pupils are sometimes not given enough consideration.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 January 2024 (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) | 83% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 27 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.
- Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cawthorne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy 1.7 mi Requires improvement
- Hoylandswaine Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Barugh Green Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Keresforth Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Gawber Primary School 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Oxspring Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good