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Horizon Community College

URN
146455
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Horizon Community College
URN
146455
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

67 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

71

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

70

Destinations

49

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of secondary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#5 of 10 schools in Barnsley

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Horizon Community College

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
15 November 2023
Inspection date
5 October 2023
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

    Graded 15 November 2023

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

389

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

752

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

389

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.93×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Barnsley
Admissions portal
Nottingham admissions
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.horizoncc.co.uk/

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

49.8

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

48.0%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

71.0%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

55.1%

EBacc achievement

Location

S70 6PD - Dodworth Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Contact details

Address
Dodworth Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Postcode
S70 6PD
Phone
1226704230
Website
http://www.horizoncc.co.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Barnsley
Local authority code
370

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 252 schools in Barnsley.

Authority statistics

Total schools

252

Open schools

97

Closed schools

155

Primary schools

188

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    15 November 20235 October 2023-School remains Good (Improving) - S5 NextView report for inspection published 15 November 2023
    • School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

      Published
      15 November 2023
      Inspected
      5 October 2023
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    51.7%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 283

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    28.5%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    83.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    3.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    5.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    8.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    34

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary188 (75.2%)
    • Secondary34 (13.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other28 (11.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Horizon Community College0 mSecondaryClosed
    Holgate School Sports College650 mSecondaryClosed
    The Kingstone School651 mSecondaryClosed
    Trinity Academy St. Edwards707 mSecondaryOpen
    St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Barnsley710 mPrimaryClosed
    St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Barnsley710 mPrimaryOpen
    Holy Rood Catholic Primary School756 mPrimaryOpen
    Joseph Locke Primary School775 mPrimaryOpen
    Shawlands Primary School775 mPrimaryOpen
    Greenacre School829 mNot applicableOpen
    • Horizon Community College
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Holgate School Sports College
      Distance
      650 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • The Kingstone School
      Distance
      651 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Trinity Academy St. Edwards
      Distance
      707 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

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    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Barnsley)

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    • Astrea Academy Dearne
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
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      Status
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    • Barnsley Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      S70 3DL
      Status
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    • Carlton Community College
      Phase
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      Postcode
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    • Darfield Foulstone School of Creative Arts
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
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      Status
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    • Darton Academy
    St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Barnsley
    Distance
    710 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Barnsley
    Distance
    710 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    756 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Joseph Locke Primary School
    Distance
    775 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Shawlands Primary School
    Distance
    775 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Greenacre School
    Distance
    829 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    S75 5EF
    Status
    Open