Barnsley Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Barnsley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2023
1.777 miles
Published by Barnsley Council · offers on 1 March 2023
2021 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Barnsley Academy is a secondary school in Barnsley for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 15 January 2025. Barnsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2023 entry.
Barnsley Academy 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 2023 | 1.777 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 entry in 2026 drew 138 first-choice applications for 168 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 30 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 44% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 45.1 (England 46).
- For Year 7 in 2023, the last child offered a place lived 1.777 miles from the school, which was nearer than in 2021.
- Free school meals cover 49.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 37.9% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Barnsley.
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
- Farm Road, Kendray, Barnsley, S70 3DL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Council
- Barnsley
- Pupils on roll
- 874 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 15 January 2025
Strengths
- “The school is a welcoming and vibrant place.”
- “Most pupils enjoy the education and wider opportunities that the school provides.”
- “They learn to become mature and responsible members of its community.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that there remains further work to do to ensure that some improvements to the curriculum, and how it is taught, are sustained so that this is the case for all pupils and in all subjects.”
- “Occasionally, staff’s explanations are overly complex or lack clarity.”
- “When this happens, pupils struggle to use this information effectively in their own work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 February 2025 (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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.1 | 46 |
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: 138 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 138 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.
- Trinity Academy St. Edwards 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Netherwood Academy 2.3 mi Good
- Horizon Community College 2.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Kirk Balk Academy 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Carlton 3.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Shafton 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Darton Academy 5.0 mi Good
- Astrea Academy Dearne 6.1 mi Good