Academy sponsor led · Primary
Wakefield · WF4 2BE · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 145798
South Hiendley Primary School
Academy converter · Barnsley · S72 9BY
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
184
Local authority
Wakefield
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Barnsley, Wakefield, 184 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 35.6%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 145798
Location
- Address
- George Street, South Hiendley
- Postcode
- S72 9BY
- Town
- Barnsley
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- District
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: 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
- 184
- Boys / girls
- 97 / 87
- School capacity
- 230
- Capacity fill
- 184 / 230 (80%)
- Free school meals
- 35.6%
- FSM pupils
- 62
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Inspire Partnership Multi Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sally Henshall
- Telephone
- 01226711485
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
2022-10-06
- 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)
- 74%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0