# Horizon Community College — Barnsley, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/barnsley/horizon-community-college-20307 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.9/5 from 22 published reviews - **Founded:** 2012 - **Principal:** Mrs C Huddart ## Contact - **Address:** Dodworth Road, Barnsley, S70 6PD - **Phone:** 01226 704230 - **Website:** http://www.horizoncc.co.uk/ - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/barnsley/horizon-community-college-20307 ## About Horizon Community College is a school that prepares students to be 'School ready; Work ready; Life ready'. It has a unique skill set that enables students to stand out from the crowd and pursue exciting careers. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Jul 2014 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Jul 2014 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — My terrible time at horizon: This school is the worst school I’ve had the dishonour of attending I put my heart and soul into being on time for this school and it fucked me over so hard I thought I just left the matrix when walking out of those school doors at the end of year 11 the wellbeing system is a pile of shit it took me snorting 3 packs of Parma violets having a mental breakdown talking about killing myself and saying I think my dad doesn’t love me to get a proper slither of health I will adress one of the students … *(Nov 2025)* - **5/5** — The best school: Absolutely the best school good teachers nice rooms good food just wonder full *(Oct 2025)* - **1/5** — absolutely shit school.: i am a year 9, and its hell here. PARENTS, DONT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE. UNLESS YOU WANT THEM TO DIE FOR NO ONE CARING ABOUT THEM. KEEP YOUR KIDS MENTAL HEALTH SAFE. listen, all of the school onlky cares about you being "successful" in life, and gives absolutely NO SHITS FOR STUDENT WELLBEING. i remember being bullied in year 8, and i kept sending reports on the students, and after a few day i finally get pulled out, just to be told that "he has done nothing wrong, so please stop sending in reports.… *(Jun 2025)* - **1/5** — Absolutely vile school.: Getting one star like most of the hoes in dress to impress, horrible school, horrible teachers unless you were a knob then they would praise u for wiping your own arse, so many students slip thru the cracks and the smell is worse than the human centipede part two. *(Sep 2024)* - **4/5** — very good better than my previous experience at high school: i used to go to Darton and as someone that moved at the start of the school year i would say my intelligence, wellbeing, social life have improved drastically the room system takes a while to get used to but after a while it is second nature the outside spaces are better and bigger the inside spaces are packed with rubbish and random disgusting things i have to admit that aspect is better at darton and so are the teachers I'm not sure if this is my nostalgia talking but the teachers are more sup… *(Jun 2024)* - **1/5** — AVOID AVOID AVOID: Horrendous school, teachers a pathetic and call home for the smallest of incidents. This school expects you to answer calls and drop everything to suit the needs of the school, not forgetting that parents also have jobs. However if you’re wanting to get in touch with them then you have to wait days for a response. Children are treated as a number not a human being and all this school are bothered about is grades. AVOID AVOID AVOID *(May 2024)* - **5/5** — My review for horizon cc I believe it is really good: I went to another secondary school previously and I'm not sure why many others despise this school I'm sure they have their problems with it I was put off coming here because off this negativity radiating from it but it was amazing most teachers are nice support is available and education is impeccable the only problem I have with it is medical as I was on my tour of the school the teacher supervising us said and I quote "that is medical were we check if your just trying to have a day off or act… *(Feb 2024)* - **2/5** — No communication: My eldest son is bright, polite and full of energy - he has left this school with very little to show for his outstanding attendance record. So what happens in the classrooms? What goes on in the leadership meetings? We had good feedback at parents evenings - no communication or hint from school that his results were heading for failure. The irony is our son was awarded teacher awarded grades!? Were the staff involved cover or temporary? The covid years were chaotic absence, temporary cover etc … *(Sep 2023)* - **1/5** — Fights: Fights, get pushed down stairs, teachers yell for no reason, skirts has to be now to your pinky toe or else you get baggy black trousers which are 10 sizes to big or small *(Aug 2023)* - **1/5** — Fix ur enviroment bitches: Hate this school, not even fixed that drain problem its fucking reeks everytime i walk past it. *(Jul 2023)* ## Other schools in Barnsley - [Outwood Academy Shafton](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/barnsley/outwood-academy-shafton-14414) — 1.6/5 (26 reviews) - [Barnsley Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/barnsley/barnsley-academy-10846) — 1.7/5 (19 reviews) - [Netherwood Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/barnsley/netherwood-academy-18238) — 1.7/5 (16 reviews) - [Outwood Academy Carlton](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/barnsley/outwood-academy-carlton-14413) — 2.1/5 (11 reviews) - [Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/barnsley/holy-trinity-catholic-and-church-of-england-school-18812) — 1.9/5 (6 reviews) - [All Saints Academy Darfield](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/barnsley/all-saints-academy-darfield-13624) — 1.6/5 (6 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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