Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Barnsley
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry626 applications · 174 places offered · 253 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.6; Barnsley median median 1.6
- 2025 4.3; Barnsley median median 1.9
- 2024 3.2; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2023 2.9; Barnsley median median 1.7
- 2022 1.5; Barnsley median median 1.5
- This school
- Barnsley median
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 | 174 | 626 | 3.6 | 253 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2025 | 170 | 725 | 4.3 | 360 | 2.12 |
| Sep 2024 | 171 | 542 | 3.2 | 273 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2023 | 170 | 493 | 2.9 | 210 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2022 | 171 | 263 | 1.5 | 118 | 0.69 |
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.) | 171 | 53.4 | 66% | 80% | – |
| 2024/25 | 0 | – | |||
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- Trinity Academy St. EdwardsThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20243.6applications per place 53.4Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · BarnsleyRemains Good · improving20232.0applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · BarnsleyStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · BarnsleyGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · BarnsleyGood20231.6applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · BarnsleyStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · BarnsleyStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 6.9 km · BarnsleyGood20241.3applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · BarnsleyGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148561 · 370/4013
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 882 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Address
- Keresforth Close, Barnsley, S70 6FP
- Local authority
- Barnsley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources