Penistone Grammar School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Barnsley
Huddersfield Road, Sheffield, S36 7BX
79
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
97%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.9%
17.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,946
Capacity used
Over capacity104%
1,877 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
97%
1st preference success rate
299 of 307 families who put it first got an offer
315
Places offered
504
Total applications
1.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 307 | 299 | ● 97% |
| 2nd preference | 110 | 16 | ● 15% |
| 3rd preference | 87 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 504 | 315 | 63% |
1st preference success by year
Barnsley lets families list 3 preferences. 94 applications came from outside the council area (31 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Crook
- Address
- Huddersfield Road, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 7BX
- Phone
- 01226762114
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Ward / constituency
- Penistone West · Penistone and Stocksbridge
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 106653
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 15% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 1% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,946 pupils · 1,877 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
03 February 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,629 pupils
Attendance
92.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
17.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 55.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.33 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 67% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 82% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.03 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 39.16 | — | — |
Average grade: B (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 53.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 59.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 76.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 49.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.81 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 329 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 40.67 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 25.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 127 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 317 | 28% | 67% | 83% | |
| English Literature | 317 | 28% | 70% | 84% | |
| Mathematics | 310 | 33% | 72% | 84% | |
| Combined Science | 203 | 15% | 50% | 74% | |
| History | 161 | 26% | 65% | 77% | |
| Spanish | 140 | 16% | 49% | 69% | |
| Geography | 134 | 40% | 69% | 80% | |
| Biology | 113 | 59% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 113 | 58% | 98% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 113 | 52% | 96% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 67 | 21% | 66% | 78% | |
| Business | 62 | 45% | 81% | 89% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 56 | 34% | 63% | 86% | |
| Chemistry | 39 | 13% | 36% | 72% | |
| History | 31 | 3% | 19% | 58% | |
| Physics | 27 | 19% | 44% | 81% | |
| Biology | 26 | 12% | 42% | 69% | |
| Geography | 25 | 4% | 32% | 76% | |
| Psychology | 24 | 13% | 38% | 67% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 19 | 53% | 58% | 84% | |
| Business Studies | 18 | 0% | 11% | 56% | |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 17 | 0% | 18% | 53% | |
| English Literature | 12 | 0% | 33% | 67% | |
| English Language | 11 | 0% | 0% | 64% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 13609: Penistone Grammar School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 8 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 64% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 8% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 65% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Barnsley council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.