Wellgate Primary School

State-Funded School

wellgate-primary-school-barnsley-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BarnsleyLocal Authority

Barnsley NorthConstituency

S75 6HRPostcode

3.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Wellgate Primary School 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 424 pupils. Wellgate Primary School is part of Every Child Matters Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 53%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

92%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

424

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

22%

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: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 424
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Every Child Matters Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 12 March 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
26 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.