Upperwood Academy

State-Funded School

upperwood-academy-barnsley-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BarnsleyLocal Authority

Barnsley SouthConstituency

S73 9NLPostcode

7.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Upperwood Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 298 pupils. Upperwood Academy is part of HCAT.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 73%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

<1%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

298

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

29%

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: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 298
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: HCAT

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 11 June 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
15 Sept 2016	Good	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.