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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 4 June 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 21 January 2020Graded 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 entry405 applications · 254 places offered · 237 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Barnsley median median 1.6
- 2025 1.4; Barnsley median median 1.9
- 2024 1.5; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2023 1.5; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2022 1.4; Barnsley median median 1.5
- 2021 1.3; Barnsley median median 1.5
- 2020 1.3; Barnsley median median 1.5
- 2019 1.3; Barnsley median median 1.6
- 2018 1.3; Barnsley median median 1.3
- 2017 1.3; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2016 1.4; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2015 1.3; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Barnsley median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Barnsley median
Dashed bars: as Kirk Balk Community College (URN 106654), 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 | 254 | 405 | 1.6 | 237 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 264 | 380 | 1.4 | 257 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 257 | 388 | 1.5 | 268 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2023 | 268 | 410 | 1.5 | 293 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2022 | 262 | 365 | 1.4 | 276 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2021 | 262 | 328 | 1.3 | 257 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 264 | 332 | 1.3 | 266 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2019 | 260 | 348 | 1.3 | 256 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 268 | 337 | 1.3 | 281 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2017 | 245 | 315 | 1.3 | 233 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 238 | 322 | 1.4 | 219 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 * | 227 | 289 | 1.3 | 198 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 * | 209 | 315 | 1.5 | 190 | 0.91 |
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.) | 252 | 46.4 | 54% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 256 | 46.0 | 55% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 255 | 46.8 | 50% | 71% | −0.13 |
| 2022/23 | 262 | 50.7 | 59% | 71% | +0.17 |
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
- Kirk Balk AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · BarnsleyStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · BarnsleyGood20241.3applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · SheffieldGood20221.7applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · BarnsleyOutstanding20243.6applications per place 53.4Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · BarnsleyRemains Good · improving20232.0applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · RotherhamGood20232.3applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · Rotherham20261.5applications per place 50.1Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · RotherhamRequires improvement20242.4applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140979 · 370/4008
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,250 pupils · 1,318 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2015
- Replaced
- Kirk Balk Community College (URN 106654)
- Address
- West Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9HX
- Local authority
- Barnsley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources