Community school · Primary
Barnsley · S70 6JL · Barnsley
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 106611
Joseph Locke Primary School
Community school · Barnsley · S70 6JL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
449
Local authority
Barnsley
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Barnsley, Barnsley, 449 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 32%.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 106611
Location
- Address
- Shaw Street, Joseph Locke Primary School
- Postcode
- S70 6JL
- Town
- Barnsley
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- District
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley South
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 449
- Boys / girls
- 214 / 235
- School capacity
- 444
- Capacity fill
- 449 / 444 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 32%
- FSM pupils
- 135
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Judith Brock
- Telephone
- 01226729910
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-07-02
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 65%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0