West Riding Academy
near Worsbrough, S70 4RG · Barnsley local authority
Worsbrough’s School Grade B better than 65% of towns in England
What stands out about West Riding Academy
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- Outside any built-up area: listed with Worsbrough, the nearest town
- Homes in its postcode sector (S70 4) sold for a median £150,000; Worsbrough’s is £170,000
No letter for West Riding Academy
Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Not inspected yet (a new school, or one that changed status recently).
Living near West Riding Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in S70 4, the school’s postcode sector
Worsbrough property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in S70 4 sell for a little under Worsbrough’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
9 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗near Worsbrough, S70 4RG
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Worsbrough’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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