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Jump Primary Academy

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademyNurseryBarnsley
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredThere isn't enough published data yet. To get a score, a school needs results or an inspection plus at least one other figure.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, February 2024
Reached the expected level at 1170%England 63%
Attendance95.7%England 94.8%

Jump Primary Academy is a converter academy in Barnsley for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.

Roebuck Hill, Jump, Barnsley, S74 0JW01226 743041jumpprimaryacademy.org.ukMrs G Clark headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 21 February 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

33 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. These are the results of Jump Primary School, the school this one replaced.

Reached the expected level at 1170%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level6%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score105.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score105.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 55%55%20172018: 67%67%20182019: 73%73%20192023: 70%70%20232024: 67%67%20242025: 70%70%2025
Since 2017: +15%
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure2025†2024†2023†2019†2018†2017†BarnsleyEngland
Pupils tested333330303031
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths70%67%70%73%67%55%66%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths6%3%10%10%13%6%8%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score105.0106.0108.0103.0103.0101.0105.6105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score105.0105.0108.0104.0104.0102.0104.8104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score104.0106.0109.0106.0104.0104.0105.0105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard82%85%77%73%67%58%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard76%76%77%80%83%74%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)73%73%77%80%73%81%
Reading progressReading progress score-0.1-0.7+0.1-1.4
Maths progressMaths progress score+1.6-0.9+2.1+0.5
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged70%64%86%50%43%75%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged70%68%65%82%74%48%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

† These results are for Jump Primary School, the school this one replaced in April 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 1 of the 3 gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
70%70%
No gapEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
67%73%
Gap 6 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%6%
Gap 6 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Barnsley council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll
Places210
Pupils from low-income families23%24% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English6%First language is not English
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)24%£72,850 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
White British pupils88%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.7%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school10.9%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Missed without permission1.5%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/25†2023/24†2022/23†2021/22†2020/21†2018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.4%6.3%5.7%5.9%2.0%4.1%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence2.9%3.9%3.9%4.4%1.4%2.4%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.5%2.3%1.8%1.5%0.6%1.7%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence10.9%22.3%12.9%12.8%3.9%6.5%12.8%

† These attendance figures are for Jump Primary School, the school this one replaced in April 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Money

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£6,127England £7,738. Total £1.4m
Income per pupil£6,675England £7,697. Total £1.5m
Spent on teachers per pupil£2,989England £3,480
Money in reserve5%Not much put by: £74k, £325 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£125kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£6,127spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m16012 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate71 per 1,000 people22% lower than the England average
Nearest bus stop170 mRoebuck Hill/Roebuck Ridge, 10 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Greenfield Primary SchoolAcademy590 m251Good 2023Compare
St Helen's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic0.8 miles126Good 20237Compare
Elsecar Holy Trinity CofE Primary AcademyAcademy0.9 miles172Good 202442Compare
Hoyland Springwood Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles159Good 202323Compare
The Ellis Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy1.0 miles227Good 2022Compare
West Meadows Primary SchoolAcademy1.1 miles214Report card 20263Compare
High View Primary Learning CentreAcademy1.4 miles467Good 202454Compare
Kings Oak PrimaryAcademy1.5 miles433Not inspectedCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Jump Primary Academy a good school?

Jump Primary Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in February 2024.

What is Jump Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Jump Primary Academy good at its last full inspection on 21 February 2024.

How good are Jump Primary Academy's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 70% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 6% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Jump Primary Academy have?

The number of pupils is not published.

What is attendance like at Jump Primary Academy?

Pupils were in school 95.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 11% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Roebuck Hill, Jump, Barnsley, S74 0JW
Telephone
01226 743041
Website
www.jumpprimaryacademy.org.uk
Headteacher
Mrs G Clark
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
Waterton Academy Trust (16 schools)
Local authority
Barnsley
Ward
Hoyland Milton
Constituency
Barnsley South
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 April 2026 (academy converter)
URN
152414 · LAESTAB 3702085 · UKPRN 10100087
Formerly
Jump Primary School

Where these figures come from