Parkside Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Barnsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.042 miles
Published by Barnsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2023 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Parkside Primary Academy is a primary school in Barnsley for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 February 2024. Barnsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Parkside 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 | 2.042 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.042 miles away, the 6th longest of the 20 Barnsley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2021 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 72% 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.
- At the higher standard in reading, writing and maths, the 2024/25 figure was 0% (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
- Midland Road, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4QP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Barnsley
- Pupils on roll
- 225 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at Parkside Primary Academy.”
- “It is a friendly and inclusive school.”
- “Staff know pupils and their families well.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, such as history, leaders have not identified the precise information that they want pupils to learn and develop.”
- “Therefore, it is sometimes not clear how pupils’ knowledge should build on what they already know.”
- “This limits the depth of knowledge that pupils acquire in some foundation subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 April 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) | 72% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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.
- Royston St John Baptist CE Primary 0.1 mi Good
- Lift Meadstead 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Summerfields Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Carlton Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good
- Athersley North Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Laithes Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Athersley South Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained
- Cherry Dale Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published