Summer Lane Primary, Barnsley

Overview

Summer Lane Primary is a state-funded school (academy sponsor led) in Barnsley, Yorkshire and the Humber, for pupils aged 3–11. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Academy sponsor led
Establishment group: Academies
Phase of education: Primary
Age range: Ages 3–11
Gender of entry: Mixed
Boarding: No boarders
Sixth form: No
Pupils on roll: 285
URN: 152063

Admissions

Local authority: Barnsley
Academy trust or group: HCAT

Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Reception

First preferences: 17
Total preferences: 56
Offers made: 20

First preferences compared with offers

0.85 first preferences per offer

17 first preferences and 20 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

Admissions history

Admissions year	First preferences	Total preferences	Offers made
2026/27	17	56	20

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 21 January 2025 · Published 5 March 2025

Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)

This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Summer Lane Primary. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.

Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.

Quality of education: Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
Personal development: Requires improvement
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Inadequate
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
Early years provision (where applicable): Inadequate

Ofsted recorded this school in a category of concern: Special measures. The official report explains what this means and what happens next.

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Other recent inspection activity

These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.

Ungraded inspection
Inspected 16 November 2023 · Published 21 December 2023
Outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Summer Lane Primary. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.

Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.

School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

Location

Address: Summer Lane, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 2BB
Local authority: Barnsley
Area: Schools in Barnsley

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