Tankersley St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
211
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Voluntary aided school
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Source: All attending pupils National School Census Data, ONS
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This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the last School Census collected by the Department for Education. It is a visualisation of where pupils lived at the time of the annual School Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The criteria in which schools use to allocate places in the event that they are oversubscribed can and do vary between schools and over time. These criteria can include distance from the school and sometimes specific catchment areas but can also include, amongst others, priority for siblings, children of a particular faith or specific feeder schools. Living in an area where children have previously attended a school does not guarantee admission to the school in future years. Always check with the school’s own admission authority for the current admission arrangements.

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  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(03/07/2023)
Full Report - All Reports
67%
NATIONAL AVG. 60%
% pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics



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Progress Compared With All Other Schools

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Westwood New Road
Tankersley
Barnsley
S75 3DA
01226742357

School Description

The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You are relentless in your ambition for continuous school improvement and you always put the children and pupils in your school at the heart of what you and your staff do. You and your leadership team have successfully dealt with the areas for improvement identified in the last inspection report. As a result, outcomes of pupils have been strong, overall, since the last inspection. Since the last inspection, you have reviewed your leadership and staffing structure to improve the effectiveness of the school. You acted swiftly and appointed an experienced leader for early years and a family support worker. Your two deputy headteachers are leading English and mathematics across the whole school. You reviewed your mathematics curriculum and appointed a member of staff as a specialist leader of this area. Consequently, the leadership and management of the school have improved and there is great capacity for even further improvement. You have strategically developed systems to allow you and your senior leaders to identify correctly areas of the school that need improvement and to support and improve performance in those areas. Your determination and passion for continuous improvement have ensured that leaders at all levels focus on the progress of all pupils. You have provided support for staff development and, as a result, the quality of teaching and learning across the school is strong. Governance is a real strength of the school. Governors are knowledgeable and the recruitment of the latest governors has meant that there is a wide range of skills and expertise in the governing body. The chair of governors is experienced and enthusiastic and leads the governing body very well. All governors are committed and provide robust challenge and support to leaders at all levels. There is strong capacity in the school’s leadership to achieve the improvements that you aspire to, in order to become an outstanding school. At the last inspection, you were asked to improve the provision for learning in mathematics and knowledge and understanding of the world in the Reception class to ensure that the most able children make maximum progress. You acted swiftly and you reviewed the whole-school staffing structure, including the leadership of early years, to ensure that the quality of teaching in this area is strong. As a result, rapid improvements took place. There is a broad curriculum in place, the engagement with parents and carers is strong and staff use the improved system of tracking progress much more effectively. The environment is stimulating and includes a range of number-based activities. The teaching of phonics is effective and is linked to the key stage 1 curriculum. Disadvantaged pupils and pupils who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities are supported well. As a result, the provision for learning in early years is improving in all areas and for all children, including the most able. At the last inspection, you were also asked to improve the quality of leadership and management by improving relationships with the small group of harder-to-reach families in order to increase the attendance of their children. The appointment of your family support worker has been instrumental in the success of the work undertaken with these families. You have raised significantly the profile of attendance across the whole school through a range of initiatives, including rewards. Pupils can clearly articulate the importance of regular attendance to school. As a result, the attendance of all pupils is improving. School information for current pupils indicates that the rate of persistent absence has fallen but remains above the national average. Unfortunately, there are still a small number of families who do not prioritise good school attendance for their children. You are determined to continue to work with these families and acknowledge that there is some more work to do here. Safeguarding is effective. You and your leadership team have ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose. You have ensured that there is a strong culture of safeguarding in the school. You lead an extensive safeguarding team that knows the pupils and their families very well. You have made sure that the school site is secure and the staff monitor pupils’ welfare thoroughly and record information in detail. You and your safeguarding team are vigilant and meet regularly to discuss all concerns raised about pupils. Consequently, the school tracks and shares information with external agencies effectively and in a timely way. You have ensured that staff and governors receive appropriate training in child protection, and you and your team carry out appropriate checks on the suitability of all staff who work with pupils. Pupils said that bullying does not happen very often but, when it does, teachers and leaders tackle it quickly. Pupils also reported that they feel safe, know who to go to if they have any concerns and are confident that staff will deal effectively with any problems. Pupils value the support they receive from staff. The relationships between staff and pupils are very positive. As a result, behaviour in lessons and conduct around the clean and well-kept school site are very good. Inspection evidence and the views of parents and staff concur with this opinion. You have succeeded in creating a very warm, inclusive and caring environment where pupils and staff feel valued and part of a team. School information indicates that, according to recent surveys, parents feel that the school is open and friendly, and there is a positive and caring ethos. Inspection findings Since the last inspection, outcomes for pupils overall have remained strong. Attainment at the end of key stage 2 has been consistently above the national average for the last three years. Attainment at the end of key stage 1 has also been consistently above the national average over the last three years. The 2016 outcomes placed the school in the top 3% of schools nationally. In 2017, the proportion of pupils achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics combined was well above the national average. In 2016, progress in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of key stage 2 was all well above average. In 2017, the progress of pupils in writing remained well above average, but the progress in reading and mathematics dropped to average. Outcomes in reading for disadvantaged pupils at the end of key stage 1, although slightly improved from the previous year, remained below national average. Although you were disappointed, you acted quickly and decisively, and you and your leaders correctly identified specific areas that needed improvement. You swiftly implemented action plans for intervention. As a result, school assessment information indicates an improvement for the current Year 6 pupils, including the most able and disadvantaged pupils, in the proportion of pupils achieving the expected standard and greater depth in reading, writing and mathematics. School information also indicates an improvement in the outcomes for pupils in all other classes, including in mathematics at the end of key stage 1 and in Reception. Since the last inspection in 2014, you and your leaders have implemented thorough and robust monitoring systems, which show that the quality of teaching is good and better in all lessons. Our joint visits to classrooms, together with discussions and scrutiny of other evidence, confirm that you are skilled in accurately evaluating the quality of teaching. You and your senior leaders carry out frequent monitoring of teaching and learning based on a carefully planned monitoring schedule. You provide detailed feedback to staff and you check the effect of any professional development on the quality of teaching and the progress of pupils. As a result, all teachers provide more challenge for all pupils, including the disadvantaged and the most able pupils. Teachers use targeted questioning effectively to probe pupils’ deeper understanding and support their progress. You have developed a ‘subject in the spotlight’ curriculum model, ensuring that subject leaders have the opportunity to develop their subject across the whole school. Consequently, all subjects have a strong status in the curriculum. The teaching of phonics across the school is strong. During our visits to lessons, we saw effective phonics teaching taking place in small break-out areas. As a result, outcomes in the national phonics screening checks have been very high over the past three years and in the top 3% in 2017. Reading has been a strong focus for you and your staff since September 2017. You introduced reading initiatives in which staff teach pupils key comprehension skills such as retrieval, inference and prediction. You promote reading widely across the school, and displays such as ‘Book in a box’ reinforce the pupils’ love for reading. Pupils read frequently, both at home and in school. The staff in early years are leaders across the school for phonics and reading. The strong foundation in the effective teaching of phonics at an early stage has resulted in consistently strong outcomes in phonics at the end of Year 1 and end of key stage 1. The most able pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, read with confidence, fluently and with appropriate understanding. Strong teaching in Year 6 has led to the improvement in outcomes in reading for all the current Year 6 pupils, including boys. However, you acknowledge that this strong practice needs to be replicated in all classes lower down in key stage 2. You and your staff are very proud, and rightly so, of your ‘global expert’ school status. You have received a number of accreditations for your international work, including an award from the British Council. As a global learning hub, you work with a range of schools. Pupils clearly benefit from the links to the wider curriculum around themes such as respect, deeper thinking and anti-bullying. You are also proud of the other awards and accreditations you have received as a school for music, sport, arts and anti-bullying work. Next steps for the school Leaders and those responsible for governance should ensure that: the current strong practice of teaching reading in Year 6 is replicated in Year 5 and in lower key stage 2 classes persistent absence continues to decline for all pupils, including the disadvantaged pupils. I am copying this letter to the chair of the governing body, the director of education for the Diocese of Sheffield, the regional schools commissioner and the director of children’s services for Barnsley. This letter will be published on the Ofsted website.

Tankersley St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary School Parent Reviews



unlock % Parents Recommend This School
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>82, "agree"=>15, "disagree"=>3, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 60 responses up to 03-07-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>83, "agree"=>15, "disagree"=>2, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 60 responses up to 03-07-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>63, "agree"=>27, "disagree"=>2, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>8} UNLOCK Figures based on 60 responses up to 03-07-2023
My Child Has Not Been Bullied Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"my_child_has_not_been_bullied"=>78, "strongly_agree"=>3, "agree"=>10, "disagree"=>3, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>5} UNLOCK Figures based on 60 responses up to 03-07-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>77, "agree"=>20, "disagree"=>3, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 60 responses up to 03-07-2023
I Have Not Raised Any Concerns Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"i_have_not_raised_any_concerns"=>50, "strongly_agree"=>32, "agree"=>13, "disagree"=>5, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 60 responses up to 03-07-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>71, "agree"=>29, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 10 responses up to 03-07-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>65, "agree"=>27, "disagree"=>2, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>7} UNLOCK Figures based on 60 responses up to 03-07-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>73, "agree"=>22, "disagree"=>2, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>3} UNLOCK Figures based on 60 responses up to 03-07-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>57, "agree"=>40, "disagree"=>3, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 60 responses up to 03-07-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>67, "agree"=>28, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>5} UNLOCK Figures based on 60 responses up to 03-07-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>65, "agree"=>27, "disagree"=>7, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>2} UNLOCK Figures based on 60 responses up to 03-07-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>55, "agree"=>32, "disagree"=>5, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>8} UNLOCK Figures based on 60 responses up to 03-07-2023
Yes No {"yes"=>100, "no"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 60 responses up to 03-07-2023

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