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Schools in Barnsley

93 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Barnsley has 93 state schools: 77 primary, 10 secondary, 1 all-through. Between them they teach around 33,625 pupils. 82 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.3 out of 10, and 5 score 8 or above.

5 have a sixth form. 59 take children from age three or under. 18 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

All Saints Academy Darfield Barnsley · Requires improvement Astrea Academy Dearne Rotherham · Good Athersley North Primary School Barnsley · Good Athersley South Primary School Barnsley · Good Bank End Primary Academy Barnsley · Good Barnsley Academy Barnsley · Good Barnsley College Barnsley · Good Barugh Green Primary School Barnsley · Good Birdwell Primary School Barnsley · Good Birkwood Primary School Barnsley · Not judged Brierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Barnsley · Good Burton Road Primary School Barnsley · Good Carlton Primary Academy Barnsley · Good Carrfield Primary Academy Rotherham · Good Cawthorne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Barnsley · Good Cherry Dale Primary School Barnsley · Not judged Churchfield Primary School Barnsley · Good Darton Academy Barnsley · Good Darton Primary School Barnsley South · Good Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy Barnsley · Requires improvement Elsecar Holy Trinity CofE Primary Academy Barnsley · Good Gawber Primary School Barnsley · Outstanding Goldthorpe Primary Academy Rotherham · Good Gooseacre Primary Academy Rotherham · Not judged Greenacre School Barnsley · Outstanding Greenfield Primary School Barnsley Heather Garth Primary School Academy Rotherham · Good High View Primary Learning Centre Barnsley · Good Highgate Primary Academy Rotherham · Good Holy Rood Catholic Primary School Barnsley · Good Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School Barnsley · Not judged Horizon Community College Barnsley · Good Hoyland Common Primary School Barnsley · Good Hoyland Springwood Primary School Barnsley · Good Hoylandswaine Primary School Sheffield · Inadequate Hunningley Primary Academy Barnsley · Outstanding Joseph Locke Primary School Barnsley · Good Jump Primary Academy Barnsley · Good Keresforth Primary School Barnsley · Good Kexborough Primary School Barnsley · Good Kings Oak Primary Barnsley Kirk Balk Academy Barnsley · Good Lacewood Primary School Rotherham · Good Ladywood Primary School Barnsley · Good Laithes Primary School Barnsley · Good Lift Meadstead Barnsley · Not judged Lift Shafton Barnsley · Good Lift St Helen's Barnsley · Good Mapplewell Primary School Barnsley · Good Milefield Primary School Barnsley · Good Millhouse Primary School Sheffield · Good Netherwood Academy Barnsley · Good Northern College for Residential Adult Education Limited Barnsley · Good Oakhill Primary Academy Barnsley · Good Oakwell Rise Primary Academy Barnsley · Good Outwood Academy Carlton Barnsley · Good Outwood Academy Shafton Barnsley · Not judged Outwood Primary Academy Darfield Barnsley · Good Outwood Primary Academy Littleworth Grange Barnsley · Good Oxspring Primary School Sheffield · Good Parkside Primary Academy Barnsley · Good Penistone Grammar School Sheffield · Good Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary School Sheffield · Good Queens Road Academy Barnsley · Good Royston St John Baptist CE Primary Barnsley · Good Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Rotherham · Good Sandhill Primary School Barnsley · Good Shawlands Primary School Barnsley · Good Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School Barnsley · Good Silkstone Primary School Barnsley · Good Springvale Primary School Barnsley · Good Springwell Special Academy Barnsley · Good St Helen's Catholic Primary School Barnsley · Good St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Barnsley Barnsley · Good St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School Barnsley · Good Summer Lane Primary Barnsley · Not judged Summerfields Primary Academy Barnsley · Good Tankersley St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary School Barnsley · Good The Ellis Church of England Primary School Barnsley · Good The Forest Academy Barnsley · Outstanding The Hill Primary Academy Rotherham · Good The Mill Academy Barnsley · Good Thurgoland Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School Sheffield · Good Thurlstone Primary School Sheffield · Good Trinity Academy St. Edwards Barnsley · Outstanding Upperwood Academy Barnsley · Good Ward Green Primary School Barnsley · Not judged Wellgate Primary School Barnsley · Good West Meadows Primary School Barnsley · Good West Riding Academy Barnsley Wilthorpe Primary School Barnsley · Good Wombwell Park Street Primary School Barnsley · Good Worsbrough Common Primary School Barnsley · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Barugh Green Primary School Good · ×0.7 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Barnsley Good · ×0.72 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Astrea Academy Dearne Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Carrfield Primary Academy Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Barnsley Academy Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Heather Garth Primary School Academy Good · ×0.84 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Netherwood Academy Good · ×0.84 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Holy Rood Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Darton Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Shawlands Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Barnsley

Primary schools: Explicit: 'The Authority does not operate defined communities (catchment areas) or feeder primary schools' for community/VC schools. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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