Queens Road Academy, Barnsley

The school runs a breakfast club.

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils at Queens Road Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 68% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 79% in Barnsley and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 69% in reading and 73% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 17 families put Queens Road Academy as their first choice and 31 named it as one of their preferences, for 18 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Queens Road Academy are Oakwell Rise Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 87% reading, 87% maths); Burton Road Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 79% reading, 86% maths); Holy Rood Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 67% reading, 77% maths); and Joseph Locke Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 79% reading, 80% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Queens Road Academy.

Queens Road Academy is one of 14 schools run by Hcat, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

36.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (52%), Mixed (7%) and Asian (6%).

In 2026, 21 pupils (10.1%) received SEN support and 4 (1.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Barnsley Rail Station, about 250 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

28 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Schwabish Gmund Way/Schwabish Gmund Way (on), 240 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Queens Road Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 575 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Barnsley (121), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Queens Road Academy issued 10 suspensions, 4.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Queens Road Academy are Trinity Academy St. Edwards (1.2 miles), Horizon Community College (1.3 miles), Barnsley Academy (1.4 miles) and Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School (1.8 miles).