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Astrea Academy Dearne

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  • Ages 11 to 16

URN 146501 · Barnsley · ASTREA ACADEMY TRUST

In Barnsley

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest graded inspection

10 May 2023

Overall effectiveness
Good

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding is effective
Yes

Full inspection (section 5)

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Earlier graded inspection

30 November 2016

Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against Barnsley and England, secondary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

14.0%

England
8.4%

5.6 percentage points higher than England.

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Overall absence
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/18Not published5.5%
2018/19Not published5.5%
2020/217.5%5.5%
2021/2212.5%9.0%
2022/2315.8%9.0%
2023/2414.3%8.9%
2024/2514.0%8.4%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

39.4%

England
23.4%

16.0 percentage points higher than England.

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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/18Not published13.9%
2018/19Not published13.7%
2020/2122.0%14.8%
2021/2240.7%27.7%
2022/2345.7%26.5%
2023/2443.3%25.6%
2024/2539.4%23.4%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

9.8%

England
3.9%

5.9 percentage points higher than England.

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Severe absence
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/18Not published1.2%
2018/19Not published1.3%
2020/212.2%1.5%
2021/224.6%2.7%
2022/2310.1%3.4%
2023/248.6%3.8%
2024/259.8%3.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Barnsley and England, secondary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

81.28

England
21.24

60.04 higher than England.

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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/18Not published10.13
2018/19Not published10.75
2019/2053.307.43
2020/2133.898.48
2021/2285.9113.96
2022/23230.0218.90
2023/24174.3322.61
2024/2581.2821.24

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.18

England
0.23

0.05 lower than England.

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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/18Not published0.20
2018/19Not published0.20
2019/200.460.13
2020/210.090.10
2021/220.860.16
2022/231.310.22
2023/241.260.25
2024/250.180.23

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Key stage 4 results

Against Barnsley and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2025/26 (provisional)

39.3

Barnsley
44.0
England
47.4

8.1 lower than England.

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Attainment 8
YearThis schoolBarnsleyEngland
2021/22Not publishedNot published49.8
2022/23Not publishedNot published47.2
2023/2439.6Not published46.9
2024/2540.2Not published47.1
2025/26 (provisional)39.344.047.4

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

59%

Barnsley
65%
England
66%

7 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 4 or above
YearThis schoolBarnsleyEngland
2021/22Not publishedNot published70%
2022/23Not publishedNot published67%
2023/2456%Not published67%
2024/2558%Not published66%
2025/26 (provisional)59%65%66%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

35%

Barnsley
47%
England
48%

13 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 5 or above
YearThis schoolBarnsleyEngland
2021/22Not publishedNot published51%
2022/23Not publishedNot published46%
2023/2437%Not published47%
2024/2540%Not published47%
2025/26 (provisional)35%47%48%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

Pupils

Against Barnsley and England, secondary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

43.9%

Barnsley
30.2%
England
25.8%

18.1 percentage points higher than England.

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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolBarnsleyEngland
2021/2237.3%25.9%20.9%
2022/2338.0%27.8%22.7%
2023/2440.3%28.8%24.1%
2024/2543.9%30.2%25.8%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

16.2%

Barnsley
12.2%
England
13.4%

2.8 percentage points higher than England.

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SEN support
YearThis schoolBarnsleyEngland
2021/2210.4%11.1%11.9%
2022/2312.2%10.9%12.4%
2023/2413.0%11.5%12.9%
2024/2516.2%12.2%13.4%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

6.6%

Barnsley
4.1%
England
3.1%

3.5 percentage points higher than England.

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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolBarnsleyEngland
2021/224.0%3.0%2.2%
2022/234.7%3.4%2.4%
2023/246.6%3.6%2.7%
2024/256.6%4.1%3.1%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

6.5%

Barnsley
6.9%
England
19.2%

12.7 percentage points lower than England.

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First language other than English
YearThis schoolBarnsleyEngland
2021/223.3%5.6%17.5%
2022/234.5%5.7%18.1%
2023/245.3%6.3%18.6%
2024/256.5%6.9%19.2%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Barnsley and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

16.8

Barnsley
18.9
England
17.3

0.5 lower than England.

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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolBarnsleyEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published16.5
2018/19Not publishedNot published16.8
2019/2019.2Not published17.2
2020/2118.2Not published17.1
2021/2216.8Not published17.1
2022/2319.4Not published17.2
2023/2416.2Not published17.4
2024/2517.4Not published17.3
2025/2616.818.917.3

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

4.5 days

Barnsley
5.4 days
England
5.0 days

0.5 days lower than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolBarnsleyEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published4.0 days
2018/19Not publishedNot published4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/213.0 daysNot published3.9 days
2021/228.4 daysNot published6.3 days
2022/236.7 daysNot published5.2 days
2023/247.9 daysNot published5.3 days
2024/254.5 days5.4 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
1,071
Capacity
1,200
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 16
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Trust
ASTREA ACADEMY TRUST
Opened
1 February 2019
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Barnsley South
Special educational needs provision
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Resourced provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 3 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Goldthorpe Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 9EW

Website: www.astreadearne.org/

Telephone: 01709892211

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Sources and corrections

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Astrea Academy Dearne, URN 146501. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/146501/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.