Schools in South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire · Barnsley · 3 schools
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days
Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Barnsley (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Barnsley (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Schools in South Yorkshire (3)
- Al-Mahad Al-Islami
Senior · Ages 11-17 · Independent · S9 5FP
Ofsted: Good (2024)Attainment 8: 41.6 (2026)
By type:Special schools in South Yorkshire (1)Senior schools in South Yorkshire (1)All-through schools in South Yorkshire (1)
3
0 primary · 0 secondary
1,042
84% capacity used
1
0 outstanding · 1 good
1,241
199 spare places
Ofsted Ratings
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Area Performance (2026)
Attainment 8
23.3
GCSE Eng+Maths
13.5%
Questions parents ask about schools in South Yorkshire
How many schools are there in South Yorkshire?
South Yorkshire has 3 open schools: 2 independent and 1 special.
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools
Are there any Outstanding schools in South Yorkshire?
None of the 1 graded schools in South Yorkshire currently holds an Outstanding rating. 1 is rated Good, so 100% are Good or better. Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall grades in September 2024, so these are the grades from each school's last full inspection.
Source: Ofsted
Do schools in South Yorkshire have catchment areas?
Most state schools in South Yorkshire have no fixed catchment boundary. When a school is oversubscribed, the council allocates places on its published criteria - usually looked-after children first, then siblings, then home-to-school distance - so the practical cut-off moves each year. Each school's page here shows an estimate of its catchment radius.
How do I apply for a school place in South Yorkshire?
Apply to your council - Sheffield, Barnsley or Doncaster, depending on your address - through its coordinated admissions process, even for academies and faith schools. In England the closing date is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts. Independent schools run their own admissions, so apply to those directly.