Outwood Primary Academy Darfield

State-Funded School

outwood-primary-academy-darfield-barnsley-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BarnsleyLocal Authority

Barnsley SouthConstituency

S73 9LTPostcode

1.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Outwood Primary Academy Darfield is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 221 pupils. Outwood Primary Academy Darfield is part of OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 58%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 99

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

221

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

England average

27%

First language not English

20%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 221
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
9 May 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
9 Dec 2018	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.