Barnsley Academy is a secondary school located in Barnsley. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 22/09/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7%, which is 3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Farm Road, Barnsley

School Information

Address: Farm Road, Barnsley, S70 3DL
Website: http://www.barnsley-academy.org
Telephone: 01226284606
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Barnsley
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Naveed Khan
Religious character: Christian
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 131749

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 22/09/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 900
Number of Pupils: 869
Number of Boys: 456
Number of Girls: 413

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7% 4%
Persistent absence: 19.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0 Confidence interval -0.2 to 0.19
Of the 165 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 160 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:46%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:37%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.72
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Worsbrough Bank End Primary School
Underwood Avenue , Worsbrough Dale S70 4AZ 		3out of 4 227 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
The Forest Academy
Thornton Road , Kendray S70 3NG 		3out of 4 686 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
The Mill Academy
Lobwood , Worsbrough Bridge S70 5EP 		3out of 4 902 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Hunningley Primary School
Hunningley Lane , S70 3DT 		3out of 4 908 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Ward Green Primary School
Vernon Road , Worsbrough Bridge S70 5HJ 		3out of 4 1,567 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Barnsley Academy
Farm Road , Kendray S70 3DL 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Trinity Academy St. Edwards
Eastgate House, 7 Eastgate , 		- not rated 3,005 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Barnsley College
PO Box 266 , Church Street S70 2YW 		- not rated 2,805 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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