Overview of Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary School · Primary · Barnsley
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 74% | 13% | 88% | 38% | 78% | 14% | 92% | 39% | 93% | 88% | 107.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 | — | — | — | 16% | 518 |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 1% | 64% | 24% | 64% | 5% | 73% | 20% | 83% | 71% | 104.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 | — | — | — | 16% | 542 |
| 2022/23 | 66% | 9% | 79% | 27% | 72% | 9% | 86% | 34% | 88% | 80% | 105.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 | -0.10 | -1.50 | +2.30 | 13% | 565 |
| 2018/19 | 76% | 13% | 84% | 37% | 78% | 19% | 87% | 48% | 92% | 86% | 107.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 | +2.20 | -0.50 | +2.80 | 11% | 539 |
| 2017/18 | 76% | 17% | 90% | 36% | 81% | 25% | 85% | 39% | 85% | 81% | 108.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 | +3.00 | +1.30 | +2.40 | 9% | 529 |
| 2016/17 | 67% | 6% | 73% | 29% | 78% | 13% | 81% | 11% | 81% | 84% | 105.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 | +1.70 | -0.30 | -0.80 | 9% | 512 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 518 | 21.6 | 16% | 2% | 14% | 3% | 6% |
| 2023/24 | 542 | 18.2 | 16% | 2% | 13% | 4% | 6% |
| 2022/23 | 565 | 19.8 | 13% | 1% | 12% | 4% | 7% |
| 2021/22 | 581 | 22.3 | 10% | 1% | 11% | 5% | 11% |
| 2020/21 | 569 | 21.8 | 10% | 1% | 10% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 539 | 20.3 | 11% | 1% | 13% | 3% | 5% |
| 2017/18 | 529 | 18.8 | 9% | 1% | 14% | 4% | 4% |
| 2016/17 | 512 | 21.2 | 9% | 1% | 16% | 4% | 3% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.