Outwood Academy Shafton
About the school
Outwood Academy Shafton is an open secondary school in Barnsley.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 7 May 2025
- Published
- 19 June 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 42
- Barnsley
- 44
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Barnsley
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 44.90%
- Barnsley
- 45.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 63.10%
- Barnsley
- 63.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 23.20%
- Barnsley
- 35.70%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.58
- Barnsley
- 3.9
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1380
Girls
49.49%
Boys
50.51%
SEN support
7.03%
Education, health and care plan
3.12%
English as an additional language
4.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
38.26%
Overall absence
11.72
Persistent absence
29.19
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
254
Sustained education or employment
84%
Education
75%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
4%
Not sustained
8%