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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 5 October 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
- 8 July 2014Graded inspection: Good · as Horizon Community College, URN 136404
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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 entry764 applications · 379 places offered · 341 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.0; Barnsley median median 1.6
- 2025 1.9; Barnsley median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2023 1.9; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2022 1.6; Barnsley median median 1.5
- 2021 1.8; Barnsley median median 1.5
- 2020 1.7; Barnsley median median 1.5
- 2019 1.7; Barnsley median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2018 1.7; Barnsley median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Barnsley median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Barnsley median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Barnsley median
Dashed bars: as Horizon Community College (URN 136404), 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 | 379 | 764 | 2.0 | 341 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 389 | 752 | 1.9 | 290 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 | 358 | 676 | 1.9 | 279 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2023 | 394 | 756 | 1.9 | 344 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 | 410 | 672 | 1.6 | 420 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 | 380 | 689 | 1.8 | 369 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 409 | 675 | 1.7 | 408 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 413 | 686 | 1.7 | 412 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 417 | 705 | 1.7 | 462 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2017 * | 406 | 711 | 1.8 | 420 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2016 * | 389 | 707 | 1.8 | 396 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2015 * | 387 | 648 | 1.7 | 384 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 * | 323 | 649 | 2.0 | 306 | 0.95 |
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.) | 370 | 49.0 | 53% | 72% | – |
| 2024/25 | 396 | 49.8 | 48% | 71% | – |
| 2023/24 | 384 | 44.8 | 40% | 62% | −0.07 |
| 2022/23 | 387 | 49.8 | 48% | 69% | +0.34 |
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
- Horizon Community CollegeThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good · improving20232.0applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · BarnsleyOutstanding20243.6applications per place 53.4Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · BarnsleyStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · BarnsleyGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · BarnsleyGood20231.6applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · BarnsleyStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · BarnsleyStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · BarnsleyGood20241.3applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · BarnsleyGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 146455 · 370/4805
- Trust
- Hcat
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,000 pupils · 1,909 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 June 2019
- Replaced
- Horizon Community College (URN 136404)
- Address
- Dodworth Road, Barnsley, S70 6PD
- Local authority
- Barnsley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources