Barnburgh Primary School
Church Lane, Barnburgh, Doncaster, DN5 7EZ
This school is closed (it closed in July 2023).
It was replaced by Barnburgh Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo Potts
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Doncaster North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 229
- URN
- 106694
- Local authority
- Doncaster
About this school
Barnburgh Primary School was a community primary school in Doncaster. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 229 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Barnburgh Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in June 1995, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 62% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 |
| Writing progress | -0.20 |
| Maths progress | -2.70 |
How Barnburgh Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.6% | 11.8% | 229 | — |
| Barnburgh Primary Academy | 69% | 4.2% | 10.8% | 232 | 0.0 miles |
| Windhill Primary School | 72% | 6.5% | 44.4% | 302 | 1.3 miles |
| Goldthorpe Primary Academy | 68% | 5.3% | 49.8% | 293 | 1.5 miles |
| Mexborough St John the Baptist CofE Primary School | 34% | 5.3% | 36.5% | 227 | 1.5 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | 35% | 5.6% | 27.1% | 160 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.8%
- English as an additional language
- 1.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.6%
- Persistent absence
- 11.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Barnburgh Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Windhill Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Mexborough
-
Goldthorpe Primary Academy1.5 miles
Primary · Rotherham
-
Mexborough St John the Baptist CofE Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Mexborough
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Rotherham
Other schools in Doncaster
- Adwick Primary School Primary
- Arksey Primary School Primary
- Armthorpe Shaw Wood Academy Primary
- Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy Primary
- Askern Moss Road Infant Academy Primary
- Atlas Academy Primary
- Auckley Primary Academy Primary
- Balby Central Primary Academy Primary
- Barnburgh Primary Academy Primary
- Barnby Dun Primary Academy Primary
- Bawtry Mayflower Primary School Primary
- Beckingham Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Barnburgh Primary School teach?
- Barnburgh Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Doncaster.
- Has Barnburgh Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Barnburgh Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Barnburgh Primary School?
- Barnburgh Primary School had 229 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- What are Barnburgh Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Barnburgh Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 11 September 2023.