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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council schools

All 97 schools in the Barnsley area, from the school census. 25 are maintained by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and follow its 2026/27 term dates; the rest set their own. Most follow the council anyway, but check with the school before booking anything. The council’s breaks on their own: Barnsley school holidays.

Follows Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

25 schools

Maintained by the council, so the council's term dates are these schools' term dates. Each still sets its own INSET days.

  • Athersley North Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 290 pupils
  • Birkwood Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 432 pupils
  • Brierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 4–11 · 205 pupils
  • Burton Road Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 331 pupils
  • Cawthorne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 5–11 · 160 pupils
  • Cherry Dale Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 326 pupils
  • Gawber Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 5–11 · 211 pupils
  • Holy Rood Catholic Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 199 pupils
  • Joseph Locke Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 449 pupils
  • Keresforth Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 224 pupils
  • Lacewood Primary SchoolRotherham · Primary · 3–11 · 242 pupils
  • Millhouse Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary · 4–11 · 100 pupils
  • Oxspring Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary · 4–11 · 135 pupils
  • Penistone Grammar SchoolSheffield · Secondary · 11–18 · 1946 pupils
  • Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary · 3–11 · 493 pupils
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolRotherham · Primary · 3–11 · 160 pupils
  • Shawlands Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 311 pupils
  • Silkstone Common Junior and Infant SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 5–11 · 135 pupils
  • Silkstone Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 4–11 · 200 pupils
  • Springvale Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 227 pupils
  • St Helen's Catholic Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 126 pupils
  • St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 141 pupils
  • Tankersley St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 223 pupils
  • Thurgoland Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary · 4–11 · 202 pupils
  • Thurlstone Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary · 4–11 · 182 pupils

Sets its own term dates

72 schools

Academies, free schools and independent schools are not bound by the council's calendar. Most follow it closely; none of them have to.

  • All Saints Academy DarfieldBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 207 pupils
  • Astrea Academy DearneRotherham · Secondary · 11–16 · 1071 pupils
  • Athersley South Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 306 pupils
  • Bank End Primary AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 199 pupils
  • Barnsley AcademyBarnsley · Secondary · 11–16 · 874 pupils
  • Barnsley CollegeBarnsley · 16 plus · 14–99
  • Barugh Green Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 4–11 · 263 pupils
  • Birdwell Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 4–11 · 191 pupils
  • Carlton Primary AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 317 pupils
  • Carrfield Primary AcademyRotherham · Primary · 4–11 · 282 pupils
  • Churchfield Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 5–11 · 419 pupils
  • Darton AcademyBarnsley · Secondary · 11–16 · 1099 pupils
  • Darton Primary SchoolBarnsley South · Primary · 3–11 · 297 pupils
  • Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 104 pupils
  • Elsecar Holy Trinity CofE Primary AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 4–11 · 172 pupils
  • Goldthorpe Primary AcademyRotherham · Primary · 3–11 · 293 pupils
  • Gooseacre Primary AcademyRotherham · Primary · 2–11 · 378 pupils
  • Greenacre SchoolBarnsley · 3–19 · 340 pupils
  • Greenfield Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 5–11 · 251 pupils
  • Heather Garth Primary School AcademyRotherham · Primary · 3–11 · 221 pupils
  • High View Primary Learning CentreBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 467 pupils
  • Highgate Primary AcademyRotherham · Primary · 3–11 · 327 pupils
  • Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England SchoolBarnsley · All-through · 3–16 · 1108 pupils
  • Horizon Community CollegeBarnsley · Secondary · 11–16 · 1909 pupils
  • Hoyland Common Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 384 pupils
  • Hoyland Springwood Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 5–11 · 159 pupils
  • Hoylandswaine Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary · 4–11 · 94 pupils
  • Hunningley Primary AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 426 pupils
  • Jump Primary AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 3–11
  • Kexborough Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 187 pupils
  • Kings Oak PrimaryBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 433 pupils
  • Kirk Balk AcademyBarnsley · Secondary · 11–16 · 1318 pupils
  • Ladywood Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 213 pupils
  • Laithes Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 308 pupils
  • Lift MeadsteadBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 215 pupils
  • Lift ShaftonBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 247 pupils
  • Lift St Helen'sBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 183 pupils
  • Mapplewell Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 343 pupils
  • Milefield Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 294 pupils
  • Netherwood AcademyBarnsley · Secondary · 11–16 · 1229 pupils
  • Northern College for Residential Adult Education LimitedBarnsley · 16 plus · 19–99
  • Oakhill Primary AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 328 pupils
  • Oakwell Rise Primary AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 236 pupils
  • Outwood Academy CarltonBarnsley · Secondary · 11–16 · 1109 pupils
  • Outwood Academy ShaftonBarnsley · Secondary · 11–16 · 1377 pupils
  • Outwood Primary Academy DarfieldBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 221 pupils
  • Outwood Primary Academy Littleworth GrangeBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 394 pupils
  • Park House SchoolSouth Yorkshire · 7–17 · 20 pupils
  • Parkside Primary AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 225 pupils
  • Queens Road AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 208 pupils
  • Royston St John Baptist CE PrimaryBarnsley · Primary · 5–11 · 162 pupils
  • Sandhill Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 244 pupils
  • Springwell Alternative AcademyBarnsley · 4–16 · 57 pupils
  • Springwell Special AcademyBarnsley · 5–16 · 136 pupils
  • St Mary's Church of England Primary School, BarnsleyBarnsley · Primary · 4–11 · 208 pupils
  • Summer Lane PrimaryBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 285 pupils
  • Summerfields Primary AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 214 pupils
  • The Ellis Church of England Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 227 pupils
  • The Forest AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 346 pupils
  • The Hill Primary AcademyRotherham · Primary · 3–11 · 369 pupils
  • The Mill AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 211 pupils
  • The Robert Ogden SchoolBarnsley · 5–19 · 152 pupils
  • Trinity Academy St. EdwardsBarnsley · Secondary · 11–16 · 882 pupils
  • Upperwood AcademyBarnsley · Primary · 4–11 · 298 pupils
  • Ward Green Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 357 pupils
  • Waterton Newstead AcademyBarnsley · 4–11 · 70 pupils
  • Wellgate Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 424 pupils
  • West Meadows Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 214 pupils
  • West Riding AcademyBarnsley · 11–19
  • Wilthorpe Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 394 pupils
  • Wombwell Park Street Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 346 pupils
  • Worsbrough Common Primary SchoolBarnsley · Primary · 3–11 · 393 pupils

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School names, towns and phases come from the school census. Term dates for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council are published here, last changed 2026-09-04.