Barnsley Academy

Academy sponsor ledSecondaryAges 11–16MixedChristian

Farm Road, Kendray, Barnsley, S70 3DL

Principal · Mr Stephen Pitcher

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 7 October 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils874Capacity 900

OfstedStandards maintainedInspected 15 January 2025

TrustUnited Learning Trust

Free school meals49.3%

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025.

Last graded inspection, 28 January 2020:

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Barnsley council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 138 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered168

Applications335

First choice138

First-choice offers138

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).