Schools in the Barnsley local authority
Barnsley has 97 schools listed on OfferDay across 5 towns.
77 primary schools · 10 secondary schools · 1 all-through school · 2 sixth forms and colleges · 7 special and alternative provision schools
About schools in Barnsley
Most of the 97 schools listed in Barnsley are primary schools. Its ten secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. One all-through school teaches every age from the early years to school-leaving age on a single site.
Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 66%
- of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 75 schools with published results
- Key stage 4, 2024/25
- 44.5
- average Attainment 8 score, across the 12 schools with published results
Top schools in Barnsley
Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.
Primary
- 1 Bank End Primary Academy 92%
- 2 Summerfields Primary Academy 88%
- 3 Thurgoland Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School 87%
- 4 Hunningley Primary Academy 87%
- 5 Brierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 86%
- 6 Hoylandswaine Primary School 85%
- 7 Birdwell Primary School 85%
- 8 Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School 84%
Secondary
- 1 Penistone Grammar School 53.6
- 2 Darton Academy 52.1
- 3 Horizon Community College 49.8
- 4 Kirk Balk Academy 46.0
- 5 Barnsley Academy 45.1
- 6 Netherwood Academy 42.6
- 7 Outwood Academy Shafton 42.0
- 8 Outwood Academy Carlton 41.5
Schools by town
The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Barnsley.
Common questions about schools in Barnsley
- How many schools are in Barnsley?
- OfferDay lists 97 schools in Barnsley, including 77 primary schools and ten secondary schools.
- Who inspects schools in Barnsley?
- Every school in Barnsley is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
- Which are the best schools in Barnsley?
- OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Barnsley does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
- How many towns are in the Barnsley local authority?
- OfferDay groups the Barnsley schools across five towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.