School admission preference statistics

Primary schools

Primary schools 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Total number of applications at closing date 2776 2657 2725 2665 2554
Pupils offered first preference school 2586
(93.15%)		 2472
(93.04%)		 2451
(90%)		 2508 (94.1%) 2395
(93.8%)
Pupils offered second preference school 104
(3.75%)		 112
(4.2%)		 172
(6.3%)		 106 (3.9%) 108
(3.9%)
Pupils offered third preference school 23
(0.83%)		 21
(0.8%)		 30
(1.1%)		 20 (0.75%) 12
(0.5%)
Pupils not allocated a place at any of their preferred school(s) 63
(2.27%)		 52
(1.96%)		 72
(2.6%)		 31
(1.2%)		 39
(1.5%)

Please note: Barnsley children are not left without a school offer.  
All children who live in Barnsley are allocated places at alternative schools.

  
Children given at least one of their choices 2713
(97.73%)		 2605
(98.04%)		 2653
(97.3%)		 2634 (98.8%) 2515
(98.5%)
Number of suspected fraudulent applications 1 anonymous 
(claiming a false address had been used by the parent when completing the application)		 1 anonymous
(claiming a false address had been used by the parent when completing the application)		 2 fraudulent applications using false addresses None identified None identified

Secondary schools 

Secondary schools 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Total number of applications at closing date 2,487 2,550 2,642 2,652 2690
Pupils offered first preference school 2,368 (95.22%) 2,436
(95.7%)		 2,494
(94.3%)		 2,476 (93.4%) 2607
(96.9%
Pupils offered second preference school 80
(3.22%)		 70
(2.7%)		 98
(3.7%)		 112
(4.2%)		 40
(1.5%)
Pupils offered third preference school 10
(0.40%)		 6
(0.2%)		 13
(0.4%)		 17
(0.6%)		 7
(0.3%)
Pupils not allocated a place at any of their preferred school(s) 29
(1.16%)		 38
(1.4%)		 37
(1.4%)		 47
(1.8%)		 36
(1.3%)
Please note Barnsley children are not left without a school offer.
All children who live in Barnsley are all allocated places at alternate schools.		  
Children given at least one of their choices 2,459 (98.84%) 2,512
(98.5%)		 2,605 (98.6%) 2,604 (98.2%) 2654
(98.7%)
Number of suspected fraudulent applications None identified 1 incorrect address None identified None identified None identified