Lift Meadstead
Academy sponsor led primary school in Barnsley (Barnsley).
KS2 RWM expected
68%
▲ 6pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
75%
same England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
71%
▼ 3pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
68%
▼ 4pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
94.5%
▼ 0.3pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
20.8
▲ 0.1 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
40.5%
▲ 16pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
102%
215 / 210 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Lift Meadstead is a primary school located in Barnsley. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 210 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 210. It is part of the LIFT SCHOOLS. The school is led by Mr Lee Bell.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Forest School
Key facts
- URN
- 139132
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
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