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West Meadows Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMiss Rebecca Marsh

corporate_fareST MARY'S ACADEMY TRUST

location_onBarnsley, S74 9ET

language Visit Website phone 1226749164

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2016

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Students

232

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Expected Standard

55%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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West Meadows Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Barnsley, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 72% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

West Meadows Primary School is an academy converter in Barnsley, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of ST MARY'S ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 216 pupils on roll, of whom 44% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 7% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #57 of 72 primaries in Barnsley and #8,582 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 21.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.2 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

55%

LA 64%

Reading69% LA 76%

Writing66% LA 72%

Maths72% LA 77%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

41%

LA 61%England 61%

Reading44% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing66% LA 71% · Eng 72%

Maths59% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

42%

LA 61%England 60%

Reading58% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing61% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths45% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.2

Read

LA -0.1

-4.4 to -0.1

-0.3

Write

LA 0.0

-2.4 to 1.8

-4.3

Maths

LA 0.4

-6.3 to -2.2

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

83%

LA 66%England 65%

Reading83% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing83% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths87% LA 80% · Eng 79%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.6

Read

LA -0.2

-1.6 to 2.8

0.3

Write

LA -0.2

-1.7 to 2.4

0.1

Maths

LA 0.7

-1.9 to 2.0

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

74%

LA 64%

Reading77% LA 73%

Writing87% LA 78%

Maths87% LA 75%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.5

Read

LA 0.0

-2.6 to 1.6

0.6

Write

LA 0.5

-1.4 to 2.6

-0.6

Maths

LA 0.5

-2.5 to 1.3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

10 November 2021

Inspection Report

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05 October 2016

Inspection Report

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28 March 2014

Inspection Report

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04 December 2013

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2016-10-05

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2011-01-26

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2007-11-07

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.5%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.5%(1 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 216 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.5%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	216	1	0.5%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	211	0	0.0%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	231	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	230	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	223	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	236	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	232	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	223	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	248	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	240	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	230	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	246	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	238	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	232	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	239	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	239	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	231	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	255	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	251	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	241	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	256	2	0.8%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	260	3	1.2%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	247	1	0.4%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	265	1	0.4%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	261	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	243	1	0.4%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Specific Learning Difficulty 11 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 10 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 10 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 4 pupils

Hearing Impairment 2 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils