Barnsley Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Barnsley, S70 3DL
- Distance
- 3.9km away
Kirk Balk Academy
West Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9HX
Local ranking4th of 11 secondary schools in Barnsley
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1250
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 54.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 42.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 256
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1327
- Boys
- 678 (51%)
- Girls
- 649 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1250 (106% full)
- SEND
- 22.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.1%
- EAL
- 1.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 18.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,632/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 94.6%
- White Other: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.4%
94.6%
White British
1.3%
White Other
1.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
West Street
Barnsley, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 140979
- UKPRN
- 10046288
- Establishment No.
- 4008
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
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