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Hoylandswaine Primary School

Primary school in Sheffield, Barnsley. Inadequate (Jun 2022). Special measures.

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 14 June 2022, report published 14 November 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Special measures. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.

This grade was given to Hoylandswaine Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Hoylandswaine Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementInadequate
Early yearsInadequate
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around June 2026

The last inspection was in June 2022. Schools are usually inspected about every four years. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

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  2. 1.7 milesSilkstone Primary School

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  4. 2.1 milesThurlstone Primary School

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  5. 2.1 milesCawthorne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

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Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.