Laithes Primary School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C67
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Barnsley, S71 3AF
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Athersley North Primary School
Lindhurst Road, Athersley North, Barnsley, S71 3NB
Local ranking67th of 72 primary schools in Barnsley
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 17 August 2026
Primary
Phase
280
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 49.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 2.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 54.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 59.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 54.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 101.0
- Cohort Size
- 41
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 289
- Boys
- 139 (48%)
- Girls
- 150 (52%)
- Capacity
- 280 (103% full)
- SEND
- 22.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 58.2%
- EAL
- 9.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.2%
- SEN Support
- 17.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,576/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 82.7%
- White Other: 6.6%
- Mixed Other: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- White Traveller: 1.4%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.0%
- Other: 1.0%
82.7%
White British
6.6%
White Other
3.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Lindhurst Road
Barnsley, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 131157
- UKPRN
- 10078194
- Establishment No.
- 2138
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