Academy converter · Primary
Barnsley · S71 4QP · Barnsley
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 142556
Royston St John Baptist CE Primary
Academy converter · Barnsley · S71 4QY
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 5–11
Pupils
162
Local authority
Barnsley
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 5–11, in Barnsley, Barnsley, 162 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 27.8%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Leeds (ce).
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 142556
Location
- Address
- Vicarage Lane, Royston
- Postcode
- S71 4QY
- Town
- Barnsley
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- District
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley North
- 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
- 162
- Boys / girls
- 83 / 79
- School capacity
- 240
- Capacity fill
- 162 / 240 (68%)
- Free school meals
- 27.8%
- FSM pupils
- 45
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
- Governance
- Academy trust: ENHANCE ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- ENHANCE ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Enhance Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Rachel Steele
- Telephone
- 01226722011
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
Good
Inspection date
2022-10-05
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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)
- 62%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 100.0