Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school · Primary school · Sheffield, Barnsley

S36 6BS

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

63.3

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#2,981

National rank

#284

In Yorkshire and The Humber

#18

In Barnsley

Top 21%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

74%

% achieving higher RWM ?

13%

Reading average scaled score ?

107.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

108.0

National avg ≈ 104

Reading progress ?

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Why no data?

Maths progress

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Why no data?

% RWM expected (year-on-year) 55% → 74% ▲ 19.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 518 % FSM ever-6 13.5% % EAL 1.9% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Church of England

Official sources

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Location

Nearby primary schools

Springvale Primary School Barnsley · 0.7 mi 60.2 Thurlstone Primary School Sheffield · 0.9 mi 24.0 Oxspring Primary School Sheffield · 1.3 mi 63.5 Hoylandswaine Primary School Sheffield · 1.5 mi 78.6 Millhouse Primary School Sheffield · 1.8 mi 63.8 Thurgoland Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School Sheffield · 2.9 mi 90.4 Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School Barnsley · 3.0 mi 73.3 Silkstone Primary School Barnsley · 3.1 mi 57.4