Summer Lane Primary
Primary schoolSummer Lane Primary is a primary school in Barnsley, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 285 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed, special measures
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
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 EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Barnsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 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- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, BarnsleyPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)310 m
- Horizon Community CollegeSecondary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, October 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.0 (2025/26, provisional)950 m
- Holy Rood Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
- Shawlands Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2024. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)990 m
- Joseph Locke Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)990 m
- Wilthorpe Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024, before the school changed. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 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).