Choosing your child’s secondary school is an exciting and important milestone for your family. At Darton Academy, we are delighted to offer you all the benefits of a first class 11-16 education, without private school fees. Provisional local authority data shows that students at Darton Academy achieve results that places them in the top 2 schools in Barnsley. We are proud that 72% of students achieved a Grade 4 or above in both English and mathematics and 53% achieved a Grade 5 or above. Students achieved well above the local authority average of 63% at Grade 4+ and 43% at Grade 5+.

You are not just joining an exceptional school, you’ll be taking up a place in a Trust that is determined to broaden horizons and create opportunities and experiences for your child, similar to those provided by private education, but without the fees. Darton Academy provides an outstanding education from Year 7, through to GCSEs.