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Key information

The documents and information every school must publish, all in one place.

Ofsted and SIAMS

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Ofsted inspected us in July 2023 and judged the school Good. As a Church of England school we also have a SIAMS inspection – our latest was in March 2025. The reports and our self-evaluation are listed below, and all our Ofsted reports are on the Ofsted website.

Also see: DfE school performance tables.

Admissions

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Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. Applications for Reception are made through Barnsley Council. As a voluntary-aided school, our governors set our admission arrangements – these, the prospectus and our Early Years welcome booklet are listed below. You are very welcome to visit first: ring the office on 01226 742357.

Also see: school prospectus · Early Years welcome booklet.

Safeguarding

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Keeping children safe is our first priority. Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs V Harrison (Headteacher), and our deputy leads are Ms L Johnston, Mrs S Snowball and Mrs M Hartley. If you are worried about a child, please speak to one of them or ring the office. Our safeguarding policies are listed below.

SEND

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Our SENCo is Mrs Melanie Hartley – to speak to her, please ring the office on 01226 742357. Our SEND information report, SEND policy and booklet for parents are listed below, together with Barnsley’s SEND Local Offer, which explains the support available across the borough.

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Funding and spending

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Our Pupil Premium strategy and our PE and Sport Premium reports are listed below.

Also see: Financial benchmarking (gov.uk).

Policies, privacy and GDPR

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All our school policies and privacy notices are listed below. If you would like a paper copy of any of them, please ask the office.

Accessibility statement

Tankersley St Peter’s CE (A) Primary School wants as many people as possible to be able to use this website. You should be able to zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen, use the website with just a keyboard, use it with a screen reader, and change colours and text size in your browser. Our Simple view button (at the top of every page) gives larger text, a single column and no moving decorations.

How accessible this website is. The website was tested in October 2026 against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA, using automated checks on every type of page and on phones, tablets and computers. No problems were found. Some older documents (PDFs) copied from our previous website may not be fully accessible – if you need a document in a different format, please ask.

Feedback and contact. If you find a problem, or need information in a different format such as large print or audio, please contact the school office on 01226 742357. We will reply within 5 working days.

Enforcement. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is responsible for enforcing the accessibility regulations. If you are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service.

This statement was prepared in October 2026. It will be reviewed every year.

Vacancies

There are no vacancies at the moment. When we have one, it will be advertised here and on Barnsley Council’s jobs website.

Attendance

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Every day counts. The documents below explain how we encourage good attendance, including Harry the Hero, our daily routines and our traffic-light indicator. Our Attendance Officer is Mrs W Howe – if your child is unwell, please ring the office on 01226 742357 before 9am.

The school day: doors open at 8.45am (Nursery 8.40am), registers are taken at 9.00am and the school day ends at 3.30pm (Nursery 3.40pm). The length of the school week is 32.5 hours.

Results and performance

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Our latest results are listed below – the Early Years Good Level of Development, the Year 1 phonics check, the Year 4 multiplication tables check and the Key Stage 2 SATs. You can also compare our school on the government’s school performance tables.

Also see: government’s school performance tables.