Schools in Barnsley[1]

Local authority district E08000038 · 95 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 148 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 61 (41%)[4]
second 20%: 32 (22%)[4]
middle 20%: 30 (20%)[4]
fourth 20%: 18 (12%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 7 (5%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	29%[4]	28%[4]	22%[4]	16%[4]	5%[4]
Employment	39%[4]	30%[4]	17%[4]	11%[4]	3%[4]
Education and skills	43%[4]	23%[4]	14%[4]	14%[4]	6%[4]
Health and disability	64%[4]	23%[4]	11%[4]	1%[4]	0%[4]
Crime	39%[4]	26%[4]	20%[4]	7%[4]	8%[4]
Housing and services	3%[4]	9%[4]	23%[4]	30%[4]	34%[4]
Living environment	7%[4]	14%[4]	22%[4]	34%[4]	23%[4]
Children in low-income families	31%[4]	28%[4]	20%[4]	16%[4]	5%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 62.3% of 108,030 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 23.4% of 199,811 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 7.9% of 199,801 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (11)

School	Ages	Headline results
Astrea Academy Dearne	11–16[2]	A8 39 2025/26[8]
Barnsley Academy	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Darton Academy	11–16[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8]
Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School	3–16[2]	A8 37 2025/26[8] KS2 48% 2024/25[9]
Horizon Community College	11–16[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8]
Kirk Balk Academy	11–16[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8]
Netherwood Academy	11–16[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8]
Outwood Academy Carlton	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Outwood Academy Shafton	11–16[2]	A8 43 2025/26[8]
Penistone Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[10]
Trinity Academy St. Edwards	11–16[2]	A8 53 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (77)

School	Ages	Headline results
All Saints Academy Darfield	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[9]
Athersley North Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 49% 2024/25[9]
Athersley South Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[9]
Bank End Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 92% 2024/25[9]
Barugh Green Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[9]
Birdwell Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[9]
Birkwood Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[9]
Brierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 86% 2024/25[9]
Burton Road Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[9]
Carlton Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[9]
Carrfield Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[9]
Cawthorne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[9]
Cherry Dale Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[9]
Churchfield Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[9]
Darton Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[9]
Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[9]
Elsecar Holy Trinity CofE Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[9]
Gawber Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[9]
Goldthorpe Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[9]
Gooseacre Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[9]
Greenfield Primary School	5–11[2]
Heather Garth Primary School Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[9]
High View Primary Learning Centre	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[9]
Highgate Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[9]
Holy Rood Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[9]
Hoyland Common Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[9]
Hoyland Springwood Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[9]
Hoylandswaine Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[9]
Hunningley Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[9]
Joseph Locke Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[9]
Jump Primary Academy	3–11[2]
Keresforth Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[9]
Kexborough Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[9]
Kings Oak Primary	3–11[2]
Lacewood Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[9]
Ladywood Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[9]
Laithes Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[9]
Lift Meadstead	3–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[9]
Lift Shafton	3–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[9]
Lift St Helen's	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[9]
Mapplewell Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[9]
Milefield Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[9]
Millhouse Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[9]
Oakhill Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[9]
Oakwell Rise Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[9]
Outwood Primary Academy Darfield	3–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[9]
Outwood Primary Academy Littleworth Grange	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[9]
Oxspring Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[9]
Parkside Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[9]
Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[9]
Queens Road Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[9]
Royston St John Baptist CE Primary	5–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[9]
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[9]
Sandhill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[9]
Shawlands Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[9]
Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School	5–11[2]	KS2 84% 2024/25[9]
Silkstone Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[9]
Springvale Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[9]
St Helen's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 0% 2024/25[9]
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Barnsley	4–11[2]	KS2 51% 2024/25[9]
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[9]
Summer Lane Primary	3–11[2]
Summerfields Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[9]
Tankersley St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[9]
The Ellis Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]
The Forest Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[9]
The Hill Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[9]
The Mill Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[9]
Thurgoland Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[9]
Thurlstone Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 37% 2024/25[9]
Upperwood Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[9]
Ward Green Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[9]
Wellgate Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[9]
West Meadows Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[9]
Wilthorpe Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[9]
Wombwell Park Street Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[9]
Worsbrough Common Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[9]

Special schools and alternative provision (7)

School	Ages	Headline results
Greenacre School	3–19[2]
Park House School	7–17[2]
Springwell Alternative Academy	4–16[2]
Springwell Special Academy	5–16[2]
The Robert Ogden School	5–19[2]
Waterton Newstead Academy	4–11[2]
West Riding Academy	11–19[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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