Summer Lane Primary
Summer Lane, Barnsley, S75 2BB
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Summer Lane Primary. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Vacant Vacant
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Barnsley North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 310
- Pupils on roll
- 313
- URN
- 131459
- Local authority
- Barnsley
About this school
Summer Lane Primary was a community primary school in Barnsley. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 313 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Summer Lane Primary has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1999, 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 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 40 | 40 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 20% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 48% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 45% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 48% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 100.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 100.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Summer Lane Primary has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Barnsley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 20% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 64.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 311 |
| 2023/24 | 312 |
| 2024/25 | 313 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Summer Lane Primary compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 4.3% | 18.4% | 313 | — |
| Summer Lane Primary | — | — | — | 285 | 0.0 miles |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Barnsley | 51% | 4.4% | 12.4% | 208 | 0.2 miles |
| Holy Rood Catholic Primary School | 53% | 4.4% | 17.5% | 199 | 0.6 miles |
| Shawlands Primary School | 64% | 5.2% | 20.3% | 311 | 0.6 miles |
| Joseph Locke Primary School | 75% | 4.9% | 31.7% | 449 | 0.6 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.37%
- English as an additional language
- 19.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.3%
- Persistent absence
- 7.51%
Location
Nearby schools
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Summer Lane Primary0.0 miles
Primary · Barnsley
-
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Barnsley0.2 miles
Primary · Barnsley
-
Holy Rood Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Barnsley
-
Shawlands Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Barnsley
-
Joseph Locke Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Barnsley
Other schools in Barnsley
- All Saints Academy Darfield Primary
- Athersley North Primary School Primary
- Athersley South Primary School Primary
- Bank End Primary Academy Primary
- Barugh Green Primary School Primary
- Birdwell Primary School Primary
- Birkwood Primary School Primary
- Brampton Cortonwood Infant School Primary
- Brierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Burton Road Primary School Primary
- Carlton Primary Academy Primary
- Cawthorne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Summer Lane Primary teach?
- Summer Lane Primary taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Barnsley.
- Has Summer Lane Primary been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Summer Lane Primary 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 Summer Lane Primary?
- Summer Lane Primary had 313 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Summer Lane Primary's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Summer Lane Primary's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Summer Lane Primary'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 31 August 2025.