Lift Meadstead
Contact details for the school

School Name: Lift Meadstead
Address: Meadstead Drive, Royston
Town/City: Barnsley
County: SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Postcode: S71 4JS
Telephone Number: 01226 722153
Website:

Type of school

Phase: Primary (ages 3-11)
Type: Academy sponsor led
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2013
Trust: Lift Schools
Sponsor: Lift Schools

Staff and pupils

Headteacher: Mr Lee Bell
Capacity: 210
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 215 (53% boys & 47% girls)
Enrollment: 102% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 43.9%

SEN Provisions

  • ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Location and administration

URN: 139132
DfE Number: 370/2022
UKPRN: 10039907
UPRN: 100050640149
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003)
District: Barnsley (E08000038)
Constituency: Barnsley North (E14001074)
Electoral Ward: Royston (E05000992)

Easting & Northing: 435820E, 411359N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 35' 53.59" N 1° 27' 36.32" W
Plus Code: 9C5WHGXQ+7X

External links

DfE Record: View record

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Nearby schools
  1. Summerfields Primary Academy (0.5km)
  2. Parkside Primary Academy (0.5km)
  3. Royston St John Baptist CE Primary (0.7km)
  4. Outwood Academy Carlton (1.3km)
  5. Carlton Primary Academy (1.7km)
  6. Waterton Newstead Academy (2.0km)
  7. Athersley North Primary School (2.1km)
  8. Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School (2.2km)
  9. Laithes Primary School (2.3km)
  10. Athersley South Primary School (2.5km)
Associated schools

Same trust

Same sponsor Predecessor school†

† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged.