Greenacre School

State-Funded School

greenacre-school-barnsley-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BarnsleyLocal Authority

Penistone and StocksbridgeConstituency

S70 6RGPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Greenacre School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 340 pupils. Greenacre School is part of WELLSPRING ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

340

Total Pupils

69%Boys

31%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

55%

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 340
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: WELLSPRING ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 16 June 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
28 Mar 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.