Outwood Academy Shafton
Secondary schoolOutwood Academy Shafton is a secondary school in Barnsley, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,377 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 7 May 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Outwood Academy Shafton was 43.3, against 43.1 in Barnsley and 46.2 in England.
41.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Barnsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 43.3 | 43.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41.8% | 45.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 63.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 261 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Lift ShaftonPrimary. Improved significantly, November 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- Cherry Dale Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Churchfield Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Milefield Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Brierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Barnsley
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).