St Barnabas CofE Primary School, Barnetby
About the school
St Barnabas CofE Primary School, Barnetby is an open primary school in North Lincolnshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 3 February 2026
- Published
- 30 March 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Category of concern: SM
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Urgent improvement
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Urgent improvement
Early years
Urgent improvement
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 52%
- North Lincolnshire
- 62%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 4%
- North Lincolnshire
- 7%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 65%
- North Lincolnshire
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 70%
- North Lincolnshire
- 72%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 78%
- North Lincolnshire
- 73%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 65%
- North Lincolnshire
- 70%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 35%
- North Lincolnshire
- 25%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 87%
- North Lincolnshire
- 80%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 103
- North Lincolnshire
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 104
- North Lincolnshire
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 105
- North Lincolnshire
- 104
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
139
Girls
51.80%
Boys
48.20%
SEN support
12.23%
Education, health and care plan
5.76%
English as an additional language
3.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
36.69%
Overall absence
4.88
Persistent absence
10.4