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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 16 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 16 January 2019Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry392 applications · 209 places offered · 200 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.9; Barnsley median median 1.6
- 2025 1.9; Barnsley median median 1.9
- 2024 2.1; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2023 2.0; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2022 1.9; Barnsley median median 1.5
- 2021 2.0; Barnsley median median 1.5
- 2020 1.9; Barnsley median median 1.5
- 2019 1.9; Barnsley median median 1.6
- 2018 1.7; Barnsley median median 1.3
- 2017 1.7; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2016 1.7; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2015 1.7; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Barnsley median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Barnsley median
Dashed bars: as Carlton Community College (URN 135892), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 209 | 392 | 1.9 | 200 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 207 | 395 | 1.9 | 210 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2024 | 212 | 442 | 2.1 | 249 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2023 | 236 | 476 | 2.0 | 265 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2022 | 211 | 390 | 1.9 | 275 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2021 | 204 | 400 | 2.0 | 242 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2020 | 207 | 395 | 1.9 | 240 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2019 | 202 | 388 | 1.9 | 249 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2018 | 210 | 359 | 1.7 | 202 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 173 | 295 | 1.7 | 162 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 | 148 | 256 | 1.7 | 130 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 * | 122 | 203 | 1.7 | 97 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 * | 127 | 244 | 1.9 | 103 | 0.81 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 210 | 42.0 | 49% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 213 | 41.5 | 40% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 219 | 39.7 | 40% | 57% | −0.25 |
| 2022/23 | 215 | 41.6 | 39% | 60% | −0.25 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Outwood Academy CarltonThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · BarnsleyGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · BarnsleyGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · BarnsleyRemains Good · improving20232.0applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · BarnsleyStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · BarnsleyOutstanding20243.6applications per place 53.4Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · BarnsleyGood20231.6applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · BarnsleyGood20241.3applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · WakefieldGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139210 · 370/4002
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,100 pupils · 1,109 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 February 2016
- Replaced
- Carlton Community College (URN 135892)
- Address
- Royston Lane, Carlton, Barnsley, S71 3EW
- Local authority
- Barnsley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources