Horizon Community College

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| name = Horizon Community College

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| 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

| staff =

| enrolment = 1991 {{As of|2022|06|lc=on}}

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 16

| gender = Co-educational

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| colours = Green and Yellow {{color box|Green}}{{color box|Yellow}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.horizoncc.co.uk/}}

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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.{{cite web|title=£1billion of new schools open to pupils in Barnsley|url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/council/education/1billion-of-new-schools-open-to-pupils-in-barnsley-1-4913083|website=The Star|accessdate=3 May 2015|date=10 September 2012|archive-url=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|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}} 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,{{cite web|title=Worried councillor complains over large class of 65 at Horizon Community College|url= http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk/news/article/7335/worried-councillor-complains-over-large-class-of-65-at-horizon-community-college|website=The Barnsley Chronicle|accessdate=3 May 2015|date=25 December 2013}} 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.{{cite web|last1=Daley|first1=Stephanie|title=Royal visit for Barnsley|url=http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk/news/article/8395/royal-visit-for-barnsley|website=The Barnsley Chronicle|accessdate=3 May 2015|date=4 July 2014}}

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.{{cite web |title=Our Schools – Hoyland Common Academy Trust |url=https://www.hcacademytrust.education/our-schools/ |website=hcacademytrust.education |access-date=12 January 2021}} As of 2020, Nicholas Bowen is now the Executive Principal,{{cite web |title=Horizon 2021 Intake Prospectus |url=https://www.horizoncc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hccprospectus2021-Final_3.pdf |website=horizoncc.co.uk |publisher=Horizon Community College Website |access-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112143049/https://horizoncc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hccprospectus2021-Final_3.pdf |archive-date=12 January 2021}} 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.{{cite web |title=Governors at Barnsley College |url=https://www.barnsley.ac.uk/about-us/governance/governors/ |website=barnsley.ac.uk |publisher=Barnsley College Website |access-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127171339/https://www.barnsley.ac.uk/about-us/governance/governors/ |archive-date=27 November 2020}}