Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School

State-Funded School

silkstone-common-junior-and-infant-school-barnsley-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BarnsleyLocal Authority

Penistone and StocksbridgeConstituency

S75 4QTPostcode

8.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 135 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 81%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

135

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 135
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
1 Dec 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
3 Dec 2008	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.