Oakhill Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Barnsley·S71 5AG
Composite score
44.8
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#9,182
National rank
#926
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#50
In Barnsley
Top 62%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
32 first choices, 32 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
53
any preference, for 32 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Oakhill 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
330
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,485
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Oakhill Primary Academy is a primary school serving Barnsley, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 330 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 13.0 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 104 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Oakhill Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 32 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. Oakhill 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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