Yorkshire and the Humber
Secondary schools in Barnsley
93 schools, 34,352 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 41.5.
Ofsted across Barnsley
Good57
Outstanding4
Requires improvement2
Inadequate1
No overall grade29
64 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 29 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Barnsley
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penistone Grammar SchoolCommunity school | Sheffield | Good 2023 | 53.6 |
| Darton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Barnsley | Good 2023 | 52.1 |
| Horizon Community CollegeAcademy converter | Barnsley | Good 2023 | 49.8 |
| Kirk Balk AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Barnsley | No grade | 46 |
| Barnsley AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Barnsley | No grade | 45.1 |
| Netherwood AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Barnsley | Good 2024 | 42.6 |
| Outwood Academy ShaftonAcademy sponsor led | Barnsley | No grade | 42 |
| Outwood Academy CarltonAcademy sponsor led | Barnsley | No grade | 41.5 |
| Astrea Academy DearneAcademy converter | Rotherham | Good 2023 | 40.2 |
| Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Barnsley | No grade | 37.5 |
| Trinity Academy St. EdwardsFree schools | Barnsley | Outstanding 2024 | — |