Summer Lane Primary
Primary school in Barnsley. No overall grade. Quality of education inadequate (Jan 2025). Special measures.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025, report published 5 March 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Special measures. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This inspection was given to Summer Lane Primary (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Summer Lane Primary hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Inadequate |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
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 January 2029
The last inspection was in January 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
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 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.2 milesSt Mary's Church of England Primary School, Barnsley
Good (Feb 2024)
- 0.6 milesHoly Rood Catholic Primary School
Standards maintained (Nov 2024)
- 0.6 milesJoseph Locke Primary School
School remains Good (Jun 2024)
- 0.6 milesShawlands Primary School
School remains Good (Jul 2024)
- 0.6 milesWilthorpe Primary School
Good (Mar 2024)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.