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Horizon Community College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Dodworth Road, Barnsley S70 6PD · horizoncc.co.uk · 01226 704230
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 49.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Barnsley 44, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,909
- 95% of 2,000 places
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 29.9%
- First language not English
- 12.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Hcat
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 341 families put the school first and 379 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 | 379 | 341 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 389 | 290 | 0.7 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 358 | 279 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 394 | 344 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 410 | 420 | 1▲ | 93% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.8, and 48% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲49.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲48.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲71.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲55.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.52 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 136404)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.8 | +0.2 |
| Sixth form college | 3.1 | −0.3 |
| Further education | 79.4 | −2.4 |
| Other education | 0.5 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 4.4 | +1.5 |
| Employment | 2.6 | −0.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6 | +1.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.1 | 0 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 5 October 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Horizon Community College was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 4 Oct 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 136404), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136404)
Jul 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136404)
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (121 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 121
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied
based on 25 parents (21%) with SEND