Penistone Grammar School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Sheffield, Barnsley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
8.137 miles
Published by Barnsley Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Penistone Grammar School is a secondary school in Sheffield, Barnsley for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 February 2023. Barnsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Penistone Grammar School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 8.137 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 8.137 miles from the school, the longest of 6 Barnsley secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 311 first-choice applications for 309 offers; 307 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 2026, 68 of the 472 applications (14%) came from families living outside Barnsley, and 24 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 60% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 53.6 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Barnsley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Huddersfield Road, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 7BX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Barnsley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,946 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 February 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have high aspirations for pupils.”
- “Pupils study for ambitious qualifications.”
- “They achieve well in external examinations.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not consistently report bullying when it occurs.”
- “A small minority of pupils experience derogatory language from their peers.”
- “Some pupils, especially disadvantaged pupils, do not benefit from these wider opportunities.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 60% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 311 first-preference applications, 309 offers in total, 307 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Barnsley.
- Darton Academy 4.9 mi Good
- Horizon Community College 5.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Trinity Academy St. Edwards 5.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Barnsley Academy 7.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kirk Balk Academy 8.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Carlton 8.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Netherwood Academy 9.8 mi Good
- Outwood Academy Shafton 10.2 mi Not judged Last distance published