Gooseacre Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Rotherham, Barnsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.706 miles
Published by Barnsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gooseacre Primary Academy is a primary school in Rotherham, Barnsley for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Barnsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Gooseacre Primary Academy 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 | 0.706 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 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
- The last Reception 2026 place went to a child living 0.706 miles away, the 10th shortest of 20 Barnsley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception figure was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2021, and the biggest swing came between 2025 and 2026.
- Reception 2026 drew 53 first-choice applications for 50 offers; 49 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd 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
- Gooseacre Avenue, Off Merrill Road, Thurnscoe, Rotherham, S63 0NU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Barnsley
- Pupils on roll
- 378 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Gooseacre Primary Academy is a warm and welcoming school at the heart of the community.”
- “All staff expect the very best of pupils’ behaviour.”
- “Pupils conduct themselves well.”
To improve
- “However, pupils who are in the early stages of learning to write are sometimes moved on too quickly.”
- “This is before they have fully understood the spelling and grammar rules that they have been taught.”
- “Some pupils’ writing can therefore be punctuated incorrectly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 2025 (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) | 69% | 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: 53 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 49 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.
- The Hill Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good
- Sandhill Primary School 1.2 mi Good
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Highgate Primary Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Goldthorpe Primary Academy 1.4 mi Good
- Carrfield Primary Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good
- Heather Garth Primary School Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Lacewood Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published