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Primary · S63 · Barnsley

Highfield Farm Primary School

Stokewell Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, S63 6NF

JAMES MONTGOMERY ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance93.6%
Attainment42% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils98

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (May 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour and leadership and governance needs attention; inclusion and personal development and wellbeing expected standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in S63. Where we have them, council (Rotherham) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
98
Free school meals
52.7%
21.2% above district average (31.5%)

Also: Rotherham 27.2% · England 24.7%

SEN
34.5%
12.7% above district average (21.8%)

Also: Rotherham 21.6% · England 18.2%

EAL
1.2%
5.5% below district average (6.7%)
Attendance
93.6%
1.6% below district average (95.2%)

Also: Rotherham 94.8% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
19.5%
Attainment
42% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the S63 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2022/2393.6%
  • 2023/2494.3%
  • 2024/2592%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2022/2343%
  • 2023/2441%
  • 2024/2542%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
180
Pupils on roll
98

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Barnsley page.

SEN support

SEN %
34.5%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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