West Riding Academy
Special schoolWest Riding Academy is a special school in Barnsley, for pupils aged 11 to 19.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026No outcome in Ofsted's file
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 EducationEnd of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Barnsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 43.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 45.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 63.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | Does not apply to this school | – | – |
- West Riding Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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- Barnsley AcademySecondary. Standards maintained, January 2025. Attainment 8 of 41.6 (2025/26, provisional)590 m
- Bank End Primary AcademyPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 92% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- The Mill AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, October 2022. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)900 m
- Hunningley Primary AcademyPrimary. Outstanding (overall), March 2023. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- The Forest AcademyPrimary. Outstanding (overall), February 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Ward Green Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 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).