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Hoylandswaine Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Haigh Lane, Hoylandswaine, Sheffield S36 7JJ · hoylandswaineprimary.co.uk · 01226 762027
Overview
- Ofsted
- Inadequate
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 85%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Barnsley 65%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 94
- 63% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 8.5%
- First language not English
- 2.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Hcat
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 7 families put the school first and 8 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 20% the higher standard. Across Barnsley it was 65%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲85% | 62% | ||
| ▲20% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 106585)
Ofsted
Hoylandswaine Primary School was judged Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 14 June 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Inadequate
- Inspected
- 14 Jun 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106585)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Inadequate |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 106585), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106585)
Before September 2019
Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106585)
Jun 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106585)