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There are over 100 schools and colleges in the borough. State education is managed by Barnsley Local Education Authority. There are 14 state-run secondary schools and around 80 primary schools. There was an independent school, Hope House School. Post-16 education is provided at Barnsley College and the sixth form of Penistone Grammar School.
An Ofsted inspection in June 2013 judged the school to be Grade 2 (good). [2] [3] Previously a community school administered by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, in October 2018 Darton College converted to academy status and was renamed Darton Academy. [citation needed] The school is now sponsored by the Delta Academies Trust. [citation ...
Astrea Academy Dearne (legal name The Dearne Academy) is a coeducational secondary school located in the Dearne Valley, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. [2] It caters mainly for pupils from the Goldthorpe, Thurnscoe and Bolton-on-Dearne areas of Barnsley. It currently has around 1,157 pupils aged 11–16 years.
1.2 Secondary schools. ... West Meadows Primary School, Hoyland; Wilthorpe Primary School, ... List of schools in Barnsley. Add languages ...
Kirk Balk Academy is a secondary school located in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.It is part of the Northern Education Trust.The school mainly serves students living in its immediate area: Birdwell, Hoyland, Jump, Tankersley, Elsecar, Wombwell and Pilley.
In April 2013, the College was appointed as a National Teaching School and National Support School by the Department for Education. The school had around 1,850 students in 2014. Previously a voluntary aided school administered by West Sussex County Council , in January 2022 St Paul's Catholic College converted to academy status .
In 1913 the borough was elevated to county borough status, making it independent from West Riding County Council. [6] The current metropolitan borough of Barnsley was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the former county borough of Barnsley plus parts of 13 other districts, which were all abolished at the ...
This is known as the University Campus Barnsley. All 14 secondary schools in Barnsley were demolished [when?] and replaced by academy education centres, named 'SuperSchools'. These new schools combined all the previous LEA run comprehensive schools in the area into newly PFI built academies under the Building Schools for the Future programme.