Cherry Dale Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Barnsley, Barnsley
S72 8AA
Composite score
56.1

School overview

Cherry Dale Primary School is a primary school serving Barnsley, Barnsley, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 321 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 8.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 35% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Cherry Dale Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#5,106
National rank
#499
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#30
In Barnsley
Top 35%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

School profile

Pupils on roll 321 % FSM ever-6 33.8% % EAL 7.2% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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