IMPORTANT INFORMATION
OFSTED RESOURCES
HCAT
HCAT Academy Trust Information
Address:
Unit 4 Great Cliffe Court
Dodworth
Barnsley
S75 3SP
Telephone: 01226 100450
Academy Financial information
The Academies Financial Handbook 2020 states that Trusts must publish on their website the number of employees whose benefits exceed £100k. Below is the extract for our Trust.
| Band | No of Employees |
| £100-110k | 1 |
| £110-120k | 1 |
| £120-130k | 1 |
COLLEGE VISION
COLLEGE LEADERSHIP TEAM
| Title | Name |
|---|---|
| Principal | Mrs Huddart |
| Associate Principal | Miss Collins |
| Associate Vice Principal – Quality of Education | Mrs Gillatt |
| Associate Vice Principal – Pastoral, Behaviour and Attitudes | Ms Winterburn |
| Associate Vice Principal – Personal Development | Mrs Malson |
| Associate Vice Principal SENDco | Mrs Proud |
| Associate Vice Principal – Safeguarding (DSL), Attendance, Mental Health Lead, DT for LAC | Mrs Ola-Craig |
| Assistant Principal – Head of Lower School Pastoral | Miss Sheldon |
| Assistant Principal – Head of Middle School Pastoral | Mr Plant |
| Assistant Principal – Head of Upper School Pastoral | Mrs Heskett |
| Assistant Principal – Parent Partnership | Mr Middleton |
| Assistant Principal – Student Engagement / Personal Development | Mr Irving |
| Assistant Principal Head of Support Staff / College Systems | Miss Musgrove |
Pastoral TEAMS
ADMISSIONS
To apply for a place at Horizon Community College
For Standard admissions at the point of secondary transfer:
Details are available in the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council booklet ‘Admission to secondary school – a guide for Parents’ and online by clicking here
If your child is currently in a primary school in the Barnsley area there are two ways to apply:
- Complete the application form and return it to the Headteacher of your child’s primary school.
- Apply online by logging on to the Barnsley Authority website (as per link above) and follow the instructions.
- Horizon Community College provides places for young people between the age of 11-16.
- Our arrangements for selection are handled by the Local Authority
- Our over subscription criteria is also handled by the Local Authority
If you live outside the Barnsley Authority or would like to transfer your child into a year group other than Year 7, or at a time other than at the standard secondary transfer point (ie within year, including Year 7), please contact Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s Admission Department (01226 773677) to obtain the appropriate application form.
COLLEGE DAY
SAFEGUARDING LEADS
All staff at Horizon Community college have a responsibility to help safeguard students. However, there are key staff who play a specific role in safeguarding students. These are:
In college we have other staff members who have undertaken the designated Safeguarding Lead training.
Title | Name |
|---|---|
Designated Safeguarding Lead | Mrs Huddart |
Designated Safeguarding Lead | Mrs Ola-Craig |
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead | Miss Fox |
Title | Name |
|---|---|
Associate Principal | Miss Collins |
Associate Vice Principal | Ms Winterburn |
Head of Lower School | Miss Sheldon |
Head of Middle School | Mr Plant |
Head of Upper School | Mrs Heskett |
College IMPROVEMENT PLAN
COVID 19 RECOVERY PLAN (ARCHIVE)
Pupil Premium (Including Recovery Premium)
The updated college Pupil Premium Statement is available here: Pupil Premium (and Recovery Premium) Strategy Statement
Horizon’s Pupil Premium Attainment 8 score for 2023 was 4.1. This means that, on average, our Pupil Premium students achieved at least a Grade 4 in each of their qualifications. In comparison, the 2022 national average Pupil Premium Attainment 8 score was 3.8.
Horizon’s Pupil Premium Progress 8 score for 2023 was -0.02. In comparison, the 2022 national average Pupil Premium Progress 8 score was -0.55, while the 2023 national average Progress 8 score for all students was -0.03. This score will have placed our Pupil Premium students in the top 25% of the country for progress in 2023.
The attendance of our Pupil Premium students across the Autumn and Spring Terms of the 2022-23 academic year was 89.7%. This was above the national average Pupil Premium attendance figure of 89.1% but slightly below the national average for all students of 92.3%.
Finally, in terms of students leaving Horizon in the summer of 2023, 100% of our Pupil Premium students have taken up a place in education, employment, and training.
SEND
THE SEND VISION
To support the College in ensuring that all students have the skills and knowledge to be school ready, work ready and life ready. SEND processes are integrated across the college to ensure that additional needs are met but also identified in a timely manner and targeted with appropriate interventions with shared goals between teaching staff, students and parents. We aim for students to leave us as happy and successful individuals who understand their needs and have the ability to self-advocate when required.
OFSTED REPORT
AT Horizon we are very proud of our inspection reports
Horizon’s most recent inspection by OFSTED took place in October 2023. OFSTED described there has been no change to this school’s overall judgement of good as a result of this ungraded (section 8) inspection. However, the evidence gathered suggests that the inspection grade might be outstanding if a graded (section 5) inspection were carried out now. The school’s next inspection will be a graded inspection.
CURRICULUM
TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGY
BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING
RSHE POLICY
ATTENDANCE ANALYSIS
| Year | % Attendance | % PA |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-2017 | 94.8 | 14.0 |
| 2017-2018 | 94.7 | 12.9 |
| 2018-2019 | 94.9 | 11.9 |
| 2019-2020 | 95.2 | 9.9 |
| 2020-2021 | 95.4 | 11.21 |
| 2021-2022 | 92.2 | 23.2 |
| 2022-2023 | 92.8 | 19.65 |
| 2023-2024 | 92.2 | 23.4 |
EXCLUSIONS ANd Suspensions
| Year | Number of Fixed term Exclusions | Number of Permanent Exclusions |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 17 | 7 |
| 2020-2021 | 28 | 4 |
| 2021-2022 | 86 | 5 |
| 2022-2023 | 280 | 10 |
| 2023-2024 | 339 | 11 |
| Year | Number of Suspensions | Number of Permanent Exclusions |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 (Updated for Autumn Term) | 123 | 3 |
OFSTED PARENT VIEW
2022 performance Figures
| Progress 8 score | 0.31 |
| Percentage of pupils entering Ebacc | 43% |
| Ebacc average point score (APS) | 4.5 |
| Pupil destinations 2022 (Percentage of students staying in education or employment after key stage 4) | 99.5% |
| Attainment in English and Maths (Percentage of pupils achieving a grade 5 or above in GCSE English & Maths) | 50% |
| Attainment 8 score | 51.5 |
2019 performance Figures
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, most exams and assessments did not take place in the 2019/20, or 2020/21 academic years. The government also announced that it would not publish school or college level results data or compare school and college performance (also commonly referred to as school and college performance tables) in autumn 2020 or autumn 2021, and that this data would not be used to hold schools and colleges to account. The government have also made clear that results data from 2020/21 will not be used in school and college level performance measures in future years. We have set out further information on school and college accountability for 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years which can be downloaded below.
| Progress 8 score | 0.1 |
| Percentage of pupils entering Ebacc | 57% |
| Ebacc average point score (APS) | 3.87 |
| Pupil destinations (Percentage of students staying in education or employment after key stage 4) | 94% |
| Attainment in English and Maths (Percentage of pupils achieving a grade 5 or above in GCSE English & Maths) | 34% |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.1 |
