Secondary school

Barnsley Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Christian
  • Barnsley
  • S70 3DL
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jan 2020

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,741 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 54%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 92%92%2016/17: top 82%2017/18: top 83%2018/19: top 57%2021/22: top 85%2022/23: top 71%2023/24: top 64%2024/25: top 54%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Attainment 845.1 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.35/10 Middle+29.3 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths44.1% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%6/10 Middle+36.2 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.12 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.937/10 Above+34.6 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.39 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.073/10 Below−22.5 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry · 2015/1618.47 · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.53Small cohort: 23 pupils in 2015/16 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 41.7 · 142 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 49.82016/17: 40.2 · 154 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.82017/18: 39.6 · 156 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.42018/19: 44.8 · 165 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 40.8 · 163 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 41.8 · 166 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 43 · 170 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 45.1 · 204 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.345.139.6No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 28% · 154 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2017/18: 33% · 156 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2018/19: 37% · 165 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 33% · 163 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 44% · 166 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 44.1% · 170 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 44.1% · 204 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%44.1%28%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 18.47 · 23 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.5318.47No exams

Not published 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25

Getting in

No admissions figures or last distance offered published

Inspections · 2012–2025

  1. 2012Good
  2. 2014Inadequate
  3. 2015Requires improvement
  4. 2016Ungraded visit
  5. 2017Requires improvement
  6. 2018Ungraded visit
  7. 2020Good
  8. 2025Ungraded visit

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026874
Free school meals (past 6 years)47.6%
First language not English16.1%
SEN support13.1%
EHC plan4.4%
Absence (sessions missed)9.9%
Persistently absent pupils25.9%

Girls 49.1%Boys 50.9%

97.1% full · 900 places · 24 in sixth form (2015/16)

Parent View

Earlier survey (before Nov 2025) · as at 1 Sep 2025 · 83 responses (9.1% of pupils)

  • My child is happy at this school62.7% agree
  • My child feels safe at this school65.1% agree
  • The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved60.2% agree
  • My child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively · 37.4% not applicable38.5% agree
  • The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year41% agree
  • When I have raised concerns with the school they have been dealt with properly · 7.2% not applicable49.4% agree
  • Does your child have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)?42.2% yes
  • My child has SEND, and the school gives them the support they need to succeed · asked only of the 42.2% who said Yes above42.9% agree
  • The school has high expectations for my child67.5% agree
  • My child does well at this school66.3% agree
  • The school lets me know how my child is doing51.8% agree
  • There is a good range of subjects available to my child at this school63.9% agree
  • My child can take part in clubs and activities at this school88% agree
  • The school supports my child's wider personal development47% agree
  • I would recommend this school to another parent56.6% yes

Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.4
Pupils per adult12.9
  • Classroom teachers 39
  • Leadership 6
  • Teaching assistants 10.2
  • Other support 25.1

Teachers 45 FTE · Whole workforce 80.3 · 87 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,079
Spend per pupil£8,444
Staff spend per pupil£5,764
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£581,000in-year balance

Grants £8,569 · self-generated £510 · premises £527 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: UNITED LEARNING TRUST (92 academies) · trust reserve £59,315,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

170 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained88.8%
  • Education85.9%
  • Apprenticeship1.8%
  • Employment1.2%
  • Not sustained7.6%
  • Unknown3.5%