{{One source|date=January 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Barnwell School | image = | image_size = | coordinates = {{coord|51.88983|-0.17295|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | motto = | established = 1959 | closed = | type = [[Foundation school]] | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_label = Headteacher | head = Tony Fitzpatrick<ref>{{cite web |title=Staff Contact Details - Barnwell School |url=https://www.barnwellschool.co.uk/about-us/staff-contact-details/ |website=www.barnwellschool.co.uk |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref> | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | address = Barnwell | city = [[Stevenage]] | county = [[Hertfordshire]] | country = England | postal_code = SG2 9SW | local_authority = [[Hertfordshire County Council|Hertfordshire]] | ofsted = yes | urn = 117518 | staff = | enrolment = 1045 | gender = [[Coeducational]] | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | houses = | colours = | publication = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = {{URL|http://www.barnwellschool.co.uk}} }}
'''Barnwell School''' is a [[coeducational]] [[secondary school]] and [[sixth form]] established in 1959 and in the south of [[Stevenage]], [[Hertfordshire]]. Between 2002 and 2005 it was the most improved school in Hertfordshire and one of the most improved schools in England. The overall pass rate this year{{when|date= January 2025}} is 48 per cent for grades A to C — a one per cent increase on year before, but still below the national average by far.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} In September 2006 the school expanded by taking in the students from another nearby school that closed (Collenswood). As a consequence, the school now has two campuses: Barnwell Upper Campus (the original Barnwell site) and, less than a mile away, Barnwell Middle Campus (formerly the site of Heathcote School). The school was designated as a [[Business and Enterprise College (United Kingdom specialist schools programme)|Business and Enterprise College]] in September 2004 due to having an emphasis on maths, business and IT.
==Extended schools== Barnwell School has been designated the hub school for South Stevenage Consortium of Extended Schools. The consortium consists of 8 schools plus a federation: *Barnwell School *Peartree Spring Junior School *Peartree Spring Infant School *Peartree Way Nursery School *Featherstone Wood Primary School *Roebuck Academy *St Margaret's Primary School *Shephalbury Meadow Federation (Longmeadow Primary School & Shephalbury Primary School)
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[[Category:Schools in Stevenage]] [[Category:Secondary schools in Hertfordshire]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1959]] [[Category:1959 establishments in England]] [[Category:Foundation schools in Hertfordshire]]