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Secondary · S70 · Barnsley

Horizon Community College

Dodworth Road, Barnsley, S70 6PD

HCAT is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance94.6%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.07
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils1956

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Still judged Good — latest visit found the school improving.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in S70. Where we have them, council (Barnsley) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1956
Free school meals
16.5%
17.4% below district average (33.9%)

Also: Barnsley 30.2% · England 25.8%

SEN
12.9%
13.7% below district average (26.6%)

Also: Barnsley 16.3% · England 16.5%

EAL
14%
5.8% below district average (19.8%)
Attendance
94.6%
0.4% above district average (94.2%)

Also: Barnsley 90.9% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the S70 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is 2023/24 because the latest year is not published yet. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

12.7%

9.2% below England (21.9%)

Progress 82023/24

-0.07

0.07 below England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

49.8

3.1 above England (46.7)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

48%

1.8% above England (46.2%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

71%

5.1% above England (65.9%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

55.1%

14% above England (41.1%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

4.52

0.4 above England (4.14)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 94.6%
    2020/21
  • 91.8%
    2021/22
  • 93%
    2022/23
  • 92.1%
    2023/24
  • 93.6%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
2000
Pupils on roll
1956

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Barnsley page.

SEN support

SEN %
12.9%
On-site provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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