# Gawber Primary School

Gawber Primary School is a primary school in Barnsley, for pupils aged 5 to 11.

It had 211 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E106603. [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 5 to 11
- Pupils: 211
- Council: Barnsley
- URN: 106603

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), May 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 1 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 80% of pupils at Gawber Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Barnsley and 62% in England.
27% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Barnsley | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 27% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Horizon Community College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/horizon-community-college-e146455): 1.1 km. Secondary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, October 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Summer Lane Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/summer-lane-primary-e152063): 1.2 km. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed, special measures
- [St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-church-of-england-primary-school-barnsley-e137870): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), February 2024. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Barugh Green Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/barugh-green-primary-school-e150517): 1.5 km. Primary. Good (overall), February 2024, before the school changed. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Wilthorpe Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wilthorpe-primary-school-e149462): 1.6 km. Primary. Good (overall), March 2024, before the school changed. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dodworth-st-john-the-baptist-cofe-primary-academy-e140539): 1.7 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), November 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/106603)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/106603)

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