SCHOOL PROFILE

Horizon Community College: data, trends and context

Horizon Community College is a secondary school in Barnsley. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
146455
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Barnsley
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
HCAT
Postcode
S70 6PD
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,909
FSM eligible
29.9%
EAL / First language other than English
12.9%
SEND (total)
16.0%
SEN Support
13.4%
EHCP
2.6%
White British
79.9%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
93.3%
Overall absence
6.7%
Persistent absence
19.5%
Severe absence
2.6%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
BarnsleyLocal authority89.6%10.4%4.9%
Yorkshire and The HumberRegion90.7%9.3%4.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
17.0%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
5.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.47%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
49.8
English & maths grade 5+
48.0%
English & maths grade 4+
71.0%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Horizon Community College is a secondary school in Barnsley. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.