Lift Meadstead
Primary schoolLift Meadstead is a primary school in Barnsley, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 215 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 7 May 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 68% of pupils at Lift Meadstead met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Barnsley and 62% in England.
14% 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 | 68% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 14% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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
In a straight line- Summerfields Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- Parkside Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, February 2024. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)540 m
- Royston St John Baptist CE PrimaryPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- Outwood Academy CarltonSecondary. Standards maintained, October 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
- Carlton Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 km
- Waterton Newstead AcademySpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Barnsley
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).