Athersley South Primary School
Wakefield Road, Smithies, Barnsley S71 3TP
- Pupils
- 307
- Free school meals
- 39.6%
- SEN
- 24.8%
- EAL
- 4.9%
- Attendance
- 96.6%
- Persistent absence
- 8.5%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 58% met expected standard (KS2)
Schools in S71 postcode district
Schools in postcode district S71. Add your full home postcode below for distance filtering and a your neighbourhood comparison with the wider S71 area.
Covers: Ardsley, Carlton, Central, Lundwood, Monk Bretton, Royston, Smithies, St Helens, and Stairfoot
Add your home postcode in the green box below. Until then, distances use the centre of S71. The list starts at 3 miles — you can change that. Not an official school catchment.
Neighbourhood & area context
Three levels help you compare places: your neighbourhood (your full postcode), postcode district S71 (schools and local averages on this page), and Barnsley (wider council census and crime — background only, not your street). We only show rows we actually hold.
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Postcode district S71
Schools and figures for this postcode district — the same S71 bucket as the map and school list (before your distance filter).
- Schools in district
- 17 (13 primary, 1 secondary)
- Average attendance
- 95%
- Average free school meals
- 37.9%
- Average SEN
- 27.4%
- Average EAL
- 7.5%
- Deprivation around local schools
- Slightly more deprived than average for England
- Average house price
- £172,458 (+2.8% year on year)
About these figures: School data mostly from 2024–25. Wider-area lines use Census 2021 for Barnsley.
Map of schools in this area
The map shows 17 schools in postcode district S71. Numbered circles group nearby schools — click to zoom in. Use the list beside the map, a pin, or Show on map on a school card below.
How far from the S71 centre?
Pick a radius to control which schools appear in the list below. Only schools whose postcode is in S71 are included — we measure the straight-line distance from S71 centre. Add your home postcode above to search by distance from your address across nearby districts.
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Schools (within 3 miles of S71 centre)
Sorted by distance from S71 centre, nearest first. Use the buttons above to change how far out we look, or show the whole of S71. Each card shows straight-line miles, Ofsted rating and key statistics.
Carlton Primary Academy
Fish Dam Lane, Carlton, Barnsley S71 3HF
- Pupils
- 317
- Free school meals
- 22.1%
- SEN
- 18%
- EAL
- 4.1%
- Attendance
- 96.1%
- Persistent absence
- 8.5%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 78% met expected standard (KS2)
Lift St Helen's
St Helen's Way, Monk Bretton, Barnsley S71 2PS
- Pupils
- 206
- Free school meals
- 39.1%
- SEN
- 19.9%
- EAL
- 7.3%
- Attendance
- 95.4%
- Persistent absence
- 11.3%
- Admissions
- About average
- Attainment
- 53% met expected standard (KS2)
Laithes Primary School
Laithes Lane, Smithies, Barnsley S71 3AF
- Pupils
- 315
- Free school meals
- 52.8%
- SEN
- 21.3%
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- EAL
- 12.4%
- Attendance
- 94.2%
- Persistent absence
- 16.3%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 88% met expected standard (KS2)
Athersley North Primary School
Lindhurst Road, Athersley North, Barnsley S71 3NB
- Pupils
- 289
- Free school meals
- 56.4%
- SEN
- 22.8%
- EAL
- 9.7%
- Attendance
- 95.8%
- Persistent absence
- 11.5%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 55% met expected standard (KS2)
Burton Road Primary School
Old Mill, Burton Road, Barnsley S71 2AA
- Pupils
- 338
- Free school meals
- 16.5%
- SEN
- 12.7%
- EAL
- 4.4%
- Attendance
- 95.8%
- Persistent absence
- 7.1%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 77% met expected standard (KS2)
Lift Meadstead
Meadstead Drive, Royston, Barnsley S71 4JS
- Pupils
- 210
- Free school meals
- 42.9%
- SEN
- 24.8%
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- EAL
- 1.9%
- Attendance
- 96.8%
- Persistent absence
- 4.8%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 56% met expected standard (KS2)
Outwood Primary Academy Littleworth Grange
Littleworth Lane, Lundwood, Barnsley S71 5RG
- Pupils
- 403
- Free school meals
- 43.2%
- SEN
- 11.7%
- EAL
- 11.4%
- Attendance
- 94.3%
- Persistent absence
- 17.8%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 63% met expected standard (KS2)
Royston St John Baptist CE Primary
Vicarage Lane, Royston, Barnsley S71 4QY
- Pupils
- 172
- Free school meals
- 28.5%
- SEN
- 16.9%
- EAL
- 3.5%
- Attendance
- 96.4%
- Persistent absence
- 7.3%
- Admissions
- Often has places
- Attainment
- 65% met expected standard (KS2)
Parkside Primary Academy
Midland Road, Royston, Barnsley S71 4QP
- Pupils
- 240
- Free school meals
- 26.3%
- SEN
- 25.8%
- EAL
- 5%
- Attendance
- 96.3%
- Persistent absence
- 10.8%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 90% met expected standard (KS2)
Summerfields Primary Academy
Haigh Croft Summer Lane, Royston, Barnsley S71 4SF
- Pupils
- 210
- Free school meals
- 17.6%
- SEN
- 12.4%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- Attendance
- 96.3%
- Persistent absence
- 6.8%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 81% met expected standard (KS2)
Queens Road Academy
Queens Road, Barnsley S71 1AR
- Pupils
- 210
- Free school meals
- 27.8%
- SEN
- 9%
- EAL
- 36.2%
- Attendance
- 95.1%
- Persistent absence
- 12.9%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 67% met expected standard (KS2)
Oakhill Primary Academy
Doncaster Road, Ardsley, Barnsley S71 5AG
- Pupils
- 330
- Free school meals
- 22.6%
- SEN
- 19.7%
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- EAL
- 11.8%
- Attendance
- 95.5%
- Persistent absence
- 15.6%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 61% met expected standard (KS2)
Outwood Academy Carlton
Royston Lane, Carlton, Barnsley S71 3EW
- Pupils
- 1130
- Free school meals
- 36.1%
- SEN
- 16.8%
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- EAL
- 4.2%
- Attendance
- 93.3%
- Persistent absence
- 18.6%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 42.8
Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School
Carlton Road, Barnsley S71 2LF
- Pupils
- 1148
- Free school meals
- 32.9%
- SEN
- 19.5%
- EAL
- 7.2%
- Attendance
- 94.4%
- Persistent absence
- 12.4%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 38
Springwell Special Academy
St Helen's Boulevard, Carlton Road, Barnsley S71 2AY
- Pupils
- 122
- Free school meals
- 68.9%
- SEN
- 100%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- Attendance
- 87.7%
- Persistent absence
- 30.9%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 7.3
Springwell Alternative Academy
St Helen's Boulevard, Carlton Road, Barnsley S71 2AY
- Pupils
- 42
- Free school meals
- 71.4%
- SEN
- 90.5%
- EAL
- 0%
- Attendance
- –
- Admissions
- Often has places
- Attainment
- –
Guide to school and area statistics
A short key for the statistics shown on this page for S71. We have not listed house prices, broadband, green space or similar extras here unless they appear in the neighbourhood and area context section.
School listings
What you see on each school card
Only fields that appear on at least one school on this page are listed. Hover a stat row when you see a question mark for a one-line reminder.
- School type
- How the school is run — for example academy, council-maintained, voluntary aided or free school.
- Trust
- The multi-academy trust or sponsor running the school, where it is an academy.
- Age range
- Year groups on roll — for example 4–11 for primary, or 11–18 with sixth form.
- Ofsted
- Latest published inspection grade, inspection date where we have it, and a link to the school’s page on the Ofsted reports site.
- Straight-line miles
- Distance as the crow flies from your home postcode when you have entered one, otherwise from the middle of this district. Not walking or driving time.
- Walking, cycling and park-and-stride hints
- Rough bands from straight-line miles: about 1 mile or less may suit walking; about 1–2.5 miles we show cycling and park-and-stride; over about 2.5 miles park-and-stride only. Not checked routes or journey times.
- Pupils
- Number of pupils on roll from published school census data.
- Free school meals
- Share of pupils eligible for free school meals.
- SEN
- Share of pupils with SEN support or an Education, Health and Care plan.
- SEN provision
- Extra on-site support such as a resourced provision or SEN unit.
- English as an additional language (EAL)
- Share of pupils whose first language is not English, where recorded.
- Attendance
- Share of possible sessions attended. Higher is better.
- Persistent absence
- Share of pupils missing 10% or more of sessions. Lower is better.
- Admissions pressure
- Indicative label from recent applications versus places — oversubscribed, about average or often has spaces.
- Attainment
- Primary: share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (Key Stage 2). Secondary: Progress 8. A dash means nothing was published for that school.
- Attainment vs local
- Compares each school’s headline to others of the same phase on this page — above, below or about average for the district.
Area overview
What you see in the area overview
Matches the two blocks above — postcode district first, then the wider council area.
- Area rating (stars)
- A simple 1–5 guide from deprivation around schools here — not Ofsted grades. Recorded crime can nudge the score when we have it; estimates do not.
- Schools in district
- How many schools are in this postcode district, split by primary and secondary.
- Average attendance
- Mean attendance across schools here with published absence data.
- Average free school meals
- Mean free school meals eligibility across schools here with published data.
- Average SEN
- Mean SEN percentage across schools here with published data.
- Average EAL
- Mean English as an additional language percentage where published.
- Deprivation
- How deprived neighbourhoods around schools here are compared with England (official deprivation index, shown as bands 1–10 where 1 is most deprived and 10 is least deprived).
- Average house price
- Typical sold prices for this postcode district where we have them — street-by-street prices vary.
- Your home neighbourhood
- When you enter your full home postcode, we compare deprivation for your small area with the typical area around schools in this district.
Using this page
Using this page
Tools on this page for narrowing schools and understanding distances.
- Distance filter
- Controls which schools appear in the list — 1, 1.5, 2 or 3 miles, or every school in this district. Not an admissions catchment.
- About these figures
- School and Ofsted data from official releases. The area overview splits postcode-district figures from wider council context, with dates at the bottom of that panel.