Edward Sheerien School

Edward Sheerien School
Motto Attend, Aspire and Achieve
Type Comprehensive
Headteacher Mrs Susan Hamby
Location Carlton Road
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S71 2BB
England
Coordinates: 53°34′43″N 1°27′29″W / 53.57870°N 1.45797°W / 53.57870; -1.45797
Local authority Barnsley
Students 800 approximately
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11–16
Houses Allendale, Fitzwilliam, Stanhope & Wentworth
Colours pale blue and navy blue
Website edwardsheerien.co.uk/default.aspx

Edward Sheerien School was a comprehensive school in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, serving 11- to 16-year-olds on the site of the former St Helens Comprehensive school. The school accommodated approximately 800 pupils. It was also the site where a large portion of the motion picture Kes was filmed in 1969.

As of September 2009, the school was merged with Royston High School and became known as Carlton Community College and moved to new premises in 2011. the school was renamed Outwood Academy Carlton in 2016.

The original Edward Sheerien School was in Newstead Road Athersley North and was amalgamated with St. Helens on Carlton Road in 1992. The site of the school was demolished in early 2011.

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