Sandhill Primary School is a primary school located in Barnsley. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 21/03/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is average, progress in maths is below average, progress in writing is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.3%, which is 2.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Dearne Street, Barnsley

School Information

Address: Dearne Street, Barnsley, S72 0EQ
Website: www.sandhillprimary.org.uk/
Telephone: 01226345030
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Barnsley
Headteacher / Principal: Mr David Hickey
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 141917

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 21/03/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 270
Number of Pupils: 258
Number of Boys: 122
Number of Girls: 136

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.9% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -1.6 Confidence interval -3.5 to 0.3
Writing
Well Below Average: -7.1 Confidence interval -8.8 to -5.3
Maths
Below Average: -1.9 Confidence interval -3.6 to -0.3

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:40%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:104
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sandhill Primary School
Dearne Street , Great Houghton S72 0EQ 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Gooseacre Primary Academy
Gooseacre Avenue , Off Merrill Road S63 0NU 		3out of 4 2,055 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
All Saints Academy Darfield
School Street , Darfield S73 9EU 		3out of 4 2,572 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Ladywood Primary School
Nancy Road , Grimethorpe S72 7JX 		3out of 4 3,054 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Highgate Primary Academy
Nicholas Lane , Goldthorpe S63 9AS 		3out of 4 3,188 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Robert Ogden School
Clayton Lane , Thurnscoe S63 0BG 		- not rated 1,745 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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