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Outwood Academy Carlton
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Royston Lane, Carlton, Barnsley S71 3EW · carlton.outwood.com · 01226 728494
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Barnsley 44, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,109
- 9 over 1,100 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 38%
- First language not English
- 3.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 200 families put the school first and 209 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 209 | 200 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 207 | 210 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 212 | 249 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 236 | 265 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 211 | 275 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.5, and 39.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Barnsley it was 44, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼39.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ●62.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼22.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.57 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.9 | −0.1 |
| Sixth form college | 3.2 | −1.3 |
| Further education | 64.8 | −11.4 |
| Other education | 0.5 | −0.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 6.4 | +2.4 |
| Employment | 8.7 | +5.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11 | +3.1 |
| Activity not captured | 4.6 | +2.1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 16 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Outwood Academy Carlton was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 15 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 135892), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135892)
What parents said
60% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (96 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 60%
- Replies
- 96
- 8% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied
based on 29 parents (30%) with SEND