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Horizon Community College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,909of 2,000 places
- Free school meals
- 29.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 396
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 5 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Horizon Community College (URN 136404, until 1 November 2018).
What the data says
Horizon Community College has no sixth form. Of the 387 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 5% moved to a sixth form college, 76% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.8 against 46.1 across England and 44.0 in Barnsley, with 48% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Horizon Community College is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Barnsley and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Horizon Community College | Barnsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 387 | 2,522 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 8% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 5% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 76% | 70% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Horizon Community College | Barnsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.8 | 44.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 55% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.52 | 3.90 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 41.5 | 33.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.2 | 49.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 16% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 396 | 100% | 89% | 22% | 20% | 77% |
| Mathematics | 396 | 100% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 75% |
| English Literature | 391 | 99% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 338 | 85% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 66% |
| Geography | 240 | 61% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 64% |
| Business Studies | 166 | 42% | 18% | 16% | 20% | 63% |
| History | 156 | 39% | 41% | 30% | 26% | 74% |
| Spanish | 136 | 34% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 85% |
| Photography | 95 | 24% | 6% | 19% | 19% | 75% |
| French | 77 | 19% | 18% | 38% | 29% | 96% |
| Religious Studies | 74 | 19% | 31% | 53% | 32% | 91% |
| Physics | 54 | 14% | 23% | 67% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 54 | 14% | 23% | 72% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 53 | 13% | 23% | 49% | 45% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 50 | 13% | 9% | 30% | 28% | 88% |
| Graphic Communication | 23 | 6% | 1% | 13% | 23% | 65% |
| Physical Education | 16 | 4% | 11% | 38% | 24% | 100% |
| Textiles | 14 | 4% | 2% | 50% | 27% | 100% |
| Polish | 10 | 3% | 1% | 100% | 84% | 100% |
| Statistics | 6 | 2% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Portuguese | 4 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 109 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 89 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 60 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 56 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 39 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 29 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 26 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 25 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 19 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.