Meadstead Primary Academy
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceNo overall grade
About the School
Meadstead Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber.
It currently serves 215 pupils. Meadstead Primary Academy is part of LIFT SCHOOLS.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Quality ofeducation
Good
Personaldevelopment
Good
Behaviour &attitudes
Good
Early yearsprovision
Good
Academic Performance
Above average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 78%
- Higher standard
- 4%
- Reading score
- 105
- Maths score
- 103
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
53%Boys
47%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Most deprived
- Total pupils
- 215
- IDACI quintile
- 5 (Least deprived)
- MAT name
- LIFT SCHOOLS
Inspection history
3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jun 2025 | Good | Good | Good | Good | Not judged |
| 26 Feb 2023 | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Good | Good | Requires improvement |
| 1 Apr 2019 | Good | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Requires improvement |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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