Carrfield Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Rotherham, Barnsley·S63 8AL
Composite score
44.4
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#9,309
National rank
#938
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#51
In Barnsley
Top 63%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
30 first choices, 39 places
First choices per place
0.77
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
81
any preference, for 39 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6320220.6420230.7120241.0020250.772026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Carrfield Primary Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
295
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,112
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Carrfield Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Rotherham, Barnsley, Carrfield Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 295 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 32.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Carrfield Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 30 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 19.8 pupils per teacher. Carrfield Primary Academy 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 above.

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