Highgate Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Rotherham, Barnsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2023
0.836 miles
Published by Barnsley Council · offers on 17 April 2023
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Highgate Primary Academy is a primary school in Rotherham, Barnsley for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 October 2022. Barnsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 entry.
Highgate 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 2023 | 0.836 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2023, the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.836 miles away, the 3rd longest of 9 Barnsley primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was the 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
- Nicholas Lane, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, S63 9AS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Barnsley
- Pupils on roll
- 327 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Highgate understand what the school value to ‘be respectful’ means.”
- “Pupils listen to their teachers when they are explaining what to do or reading a story.”
- “Pupils are polite to staff throughout school and hold doors open for visitors.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes these recaps are not focused on the core knowledge that pupils need to be able to build on to acquire new information.”
- “For example, pupils learning about place value recall where to place numbers in a place value grid but cannot say the numbers that they make as this has not been revisited.”
- “Sometimes, however, teachers do not choose an effective method to help pupils remember their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 November 2022 (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) | 75% | 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, 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.
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Carrfield Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Goldthorpe Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good
- Heather Garth Primary School Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lacewood Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Gooseacre Primary Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Hill Primary Academy 1.3 mi Good
- Sandhill Primary School 1.8 mi Good