Gooseacre Primary Academy
Gooseacre Avenue, Off Merrill Road, Thurnscoe, Rotherham, S63 0NUOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Gooseacre Primary Academy is a primary school in Rotherham for ages 2 to 11. It is one of the 95 schools in Barnsley. It ranks 35th of 68 primary schools in Rotherham. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in March 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 11 March 2025, report published 30 April 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 11 March 2025
Gooseacre Primary Academy is a warm and welcoming school at the heart of the community. All staff expect the very best of pupils' behaviour. Pupils conduct themselves well. They are polite, courteous and committed learners. As a result, learning in classrooms is rarely interrupted. Positive relationships between pupils and adults mean pupils feel safe. They know their teachers care about them. Bullying is very rare, but when it happens, adults take pupils' concerns seriously and deal with it quickly. The recent changes to the curriculum have raised expectations for pupils. The curriculum is highly ambitious and emphasises vocabulary. Pupils work hard in lessons to meet these ambitions. They enjoy the way in which the curriculum challenges them to think carefully. Pupils are proud of their work, and they remember what they have learned. Over time, pupils' outcomes in national tests at the end of key stage 2 have improved. Pupils enjoy the leadership responsibilities they have. Sports leaders promote the importance of physical health by encouraging pupils to play together and stay active during breaktimes. The school's values of scholarship and respect are bought to life through the actions and attitudes of the pupils.
What the school should improve
- The school's attendance strategies are not reducing the persistent absence of some pupils as well as it would like. Consequently, some groups of pupils miss out on important learning and experiences. The school should refine and refocus its approaches in order to reduce persistent absence further for these pupils.
- Some pupils who are at the early stages of learning to write are not given sufficient opportunities to practise what they have been taught before they are moved on. As a result, pupils struggle with later writing tasks. The school should ensure that the spelling and grammatical rules that pupils are taught are securely understood before moving on to more complex written tasks.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
35 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
378 pupils on roll, with places for 268
Schools near Gooseacre Primary Academy
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hill Primary Academy | 0.9 miles | Ofsted: Good | 64% met the expected standard |
| Sandhill Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 62% met the expected standard |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 35% met the expected standard |
| Highgate Primary Academy | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 75% met the expected standard |
| Goldthorpe Primary Academy | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 68% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- ASTREA ACADEMY TRUST
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mr Jack Moore
- Phone
- 01709893569
- Address
- Gooseacre Avenue, Off Merrill Road, Thurnscoe, Rotherham, S63 0NU
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- URN
- 138415
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.