Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary • Voluntary controlled school • Open, but proposed to close
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School Profile
- Phase
- Primary
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Religious ethos
- Does not apply
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Capacity
- 200
- Pupils
- 85 (Boys: 39, Girls: 46)
- Free School Meals
- 36.5%
- Capacity utilisation
- 43% (85 / 200)
- Establishment type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Type group
- Local authority maintained schools
- Trust
- n/a
- Federation
- n/a
- SEN provision
- None reported
- Resourced provision
- None
- Opened
- n/a
- Status
- Open, but proposed to close
- Closed
- Nov 2025
Key identifiers
- URN
- 121473
- LAESTAB
- 8163002
- UKPRN
- 10080626
- Establishment No.
- 3002
- Ofsted phase
- Primary
Ofsted
Requires improvement (Grade 3)
published 30 Jan 2023
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Requires improvement
Early years
Requires improvement
Sixth form
9
At a glance
- Total pupils
- 100
- Age range
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Faith
- Christian
What do Ofsted grades mean?
- Outstanding (1) – Highest judgement.
- Good (2) – Strong overall effectiveness.
- Requires improvement (3) – Not yet good.
- Inadequate (4) – Significant weaknesses.
Ungraded visits (Section 8) check whether the previous grade still stands (e.g. “School remains Good”)
but don’t replace the last graded judgement.
Inspection history
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Requires improvement30 Jan 2023Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1Quality: Requires improvementBehaviour: Requires improvementPersonal dev: GoodLeadership: Requires improvementEarly years: Requires improvementSixth form: 9
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective
(30 Jan 2023)