Tankersley St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Barnsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.324 miles
Published by Barnsley Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2021 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tankersley St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary School is a primary school in Barnsley for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 July 2023. Barnsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Tankersley St Peter's CofE (Aided) 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 2025 | 0.324 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Among 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Barnsley that have results, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 2nd highest.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 0.324 miles away, the shortest of 4 Barnsley primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance (this one included).
- 9.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Barnsley is 32.3%.
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
- Westwood New Road, Tankersley, Barnsley, S75 3DA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Barnsley
- Pupils on roll
- 223 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Tankersley St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary School are confident, polite and give visitors a warm welcome.”
- “Pupils’ learning and welfare are the highest priority.”
- “Because of this, they feel happy and safe.”
To improve
- “However, much of the religious education curriculum focuses on Christianity and pupils’ understanding of other faiths and cultures is less secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 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) | 81% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 23 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.
- Hoyland Common Primary School 0.6 mi Good
- Birdwell Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- West Meadows Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Helen's Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hoyland Springwood Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good
- Greenfield Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Jump Primary Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elsecar Holy Trinity CofE Primary Academy 2.5 mi School remains Good