Horizon Community College Explained

Horizon Community College
Coordinates:53.5506°N -1.5036°W
Established:2012
Type:Academy
Trust:Hoyland Common Academy Trust
Principal Label:Executive Principal
Principal:Nicholas Bowen
Head Label:Principal
Head:Claire Huddart
Address:Dodworth Road
City:Barnsley
County:South Yorkshire
Country:England
Postcode:S70 6PD
Local Authority:Barnsley
Urn:146455
Ofsted:Yes
Enrolment:1991
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:16
Gender:Co-educational
Colours:Green and Yellow
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Horizon Community College is a co-educational secondary school located in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, on the A628.

The school was formed in 2012 from a merger of Holgate School and The Kingstone School.[1] The school relocated to a new campus with facilities for leisure, cultural activities and adult learning to be used by the local community. There is capacity, if needs be, to teach groups as large as 65,[2] using classrooms with removable walls.

Anne, Princess Royal visited the School on 4 July 2014 where she met the then local MP (Dan Jarvis), the executive principal (Nicholas Bowen) and a small selection of pupils.[3]

Previously a voluntary aided school administered by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, in June 2019 Horizon Community College converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Hoyland Common Academy Trust.[4] As of 2020, Nicholas Bowen is now the Executive Principal,[5] Vice Chair of Barnsley College, and the Chair of the Barnsley Schools Alliance, working two days a week to support school improvement across the borough.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: £1billion of new schools open to pupils in Barnsley. The Star. 3 May 2015. 10 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518104044/http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/council/education/1billion-of-new-schools-open-to-pupils-in-barnsley-1-4913083. 18 May 2015. dead.
  2. Web site: Worried councillor complains over large class of 65 at Horizon Community College. barnsley chronicle. 3 May 2015. 25 December 2013.
  3. Web site: Daley. Stephanie. Royal visit for Barnsley. The Barnsley Chronicle. 3 May 2015. 4 July 2014.
  4. Web site: Our Schools – Hoyland Common Academy Trust . www.hcacademytrust.education . 12 January 2021.
  5. Web site: Horizon 2021 Intake Prospectus . horizoncc.co.uk . Horizon Community College Website . 12 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210112143049/https://horizoncc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hccprospectus2021-Final_3.pdf . 12 January 2021.
  6. Web site: Governors at Barnsley College . www.barnsley.ac.uk . Barnsley College Website . 12 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201127171339/https://www.barnsley.ac.uk/about-us/governance/governors/ . 27 November 2020.