Cawthorne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Barnsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.072 miles
Published by Barnsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cawthorne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Barnsley for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. Barnsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Cawthorne Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 3.072 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.072 miles away, the longest of 20 Barnsley primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.71 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and than in 2021, and the sharpest swing between years came from 2025 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 drew 29 first-choice applications for 24 offers; 22 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families (24%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd 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
- Taylor Hill, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4HB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Barnsley
- Pupils on roll
- 160 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 January 2024
Strengths
- “All pupils and staff are proud to be part of this school, and rightly so.”
- “The school has high expectations of all pupils.”
- “Pupils strive to live up to these expectations and achieve well.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the tasks that teachers give pupils do not enable them to meet the aims and ambition of the curriculum.”
- “This means that pupils do not learn the key curriculum knowledge.”
- “Where tasks are not well matched, pupils find it more difficult to talk about their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 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, 24 offers in total, 22 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.
- Kexborough Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained
- Silkstone Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Barugh Green Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hoylandswaine Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Darton Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gawber Primary School 2.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy 2.5 mi Requires improvement