Voluntary aided school · Primary
Barnsley · S74 9DL · Barnsley
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 140460
West Meadows Primary School
Academy converter · Barnsley · S74 9ET
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
214
Local authority
Barnsley
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, Barnsley, 214 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 40.6%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 140460
Location
- Address
- West Street, Hoyland
- Postcode
- S74 9ET
- 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
- 214
- Boys / girls
- 110 / 104
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 214 / 210 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 40.6%
- FSM pupils
- 82
- 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
- Academy trust: HCAT
- Academy trust
- HCAT
- Sponsor
- HCAT
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Hanna Marsh
- Telephone
- 01226749164
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
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-01-06
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
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)
- 42%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 98.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 99.0