Gawber Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Barnsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.714 miles
Published by Barnsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gawber Primary School is a primary school in Barnsley for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 1 May 2024. Barnsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Gawber 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 | 0.714 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| 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
- Reception 2026 drew 60 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 2.0 first choices per offer, the highest of 76 Barnsley primary schools.
- 29 of the 30 Reception 2026 offers went to first-choice families, while 31 first-choice families (52%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.714 miles away, the longest of the 4 years with a published distance; the move from 2025 was the sharpest.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 27% 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
- Church Street, Gawber, Barnsley, S75 2RJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Barnsley
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 1 May 2024
Strengths
- “This is an inspirational and thriving school.”
- “Staff are aspirational for pupils’ achievement.”
- “They nurture pupils from the moment they arrive at the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 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) | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Summer Lane Primary 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Barnsley 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Barugh Green Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilthorpe Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy 1.1 mi Requires improvement
- Holy Rood Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained
- Joseph Locke Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Shawlands Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good