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Outwood Academy Shafton
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Engine Lane, Shafton, Barnsley S72 8RE · shafton.outwood.com · 01226 717730
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42
- average Attainment 8 score. Barnsley 44, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,377
- 27 over 1,350 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 38.3%
- First language not English
- 4.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 281 families put the school first and 261 places were offered; 92% 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 | 261 | 281 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 260 | 273 | 1.1▲ | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 263 | 292 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 293 | 315 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 297 | 296 | 1 | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42, and 44.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42 | 46 | ||
| ●44.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ●63.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼23.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.58 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.4 | −0.4 |
| Sixth form college | 3.5 | −3 |
| Further education | 78 | +9 |
| Other education | 0.4 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.9 | −1.5 |
| Employment | 3.1 | −4.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.9 | −0.7 |
| Activity not captured | 3.9 | +0.5 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Outwood Academy Shafton on 7 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 7 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Sept 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 136371), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136371)
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (114 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Replies
- 114
- 8% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (18%) with SEND