Barnby Dun

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Barnby Dun is a village and civil parish situated north of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is twinned with Kirk Sandall and the parish has a population of 8,524. Barnby Dun was home to the Thorpe Marsh Power station before its closure in the middle 1990s. It has a fourteenth century church, St Peter & St Pauls. At present Barnby Dun is an ever growing, thriving village.

The village was served by Barnby Dun railway station, it is now closed.

[edit] Schools

Barnby Dun has had elementary education since around 1872. The old school, as it is known now, with one classroom was paid for originally from local charities and the church fund. The property lies on High Street, Barnby Dun. The first headteacher of the new school was Charles Newbound 1872-1895. During the last century extensions and additions to the school were made. As the village grew, so did the school but in 1977 a new infant school was built on Church Road and the original school became a junior school educating 7-12 year old boys and girls. Unfortunately, due to a falling population it was decided that both schools be amalgamated and the infant school site was chosen as the new Primary school. The decision by Doncaster council was controversial and caused divisions in the village, which still last today. A split arose with both schools taking a different stance and the junior school parents, children and teacher's formed a protest group in a bid to have the decision changed. The junior school site was in fact larger and the building could have been extended outward and upwards. There was a suggestion of political bias, (this was just before the Donnygate scandal) and wrong doings by the then headteacher, governors and some Doncaster councillors who were in favour of their own (Infant) school being chosen. This has never been proven but the accusations and rumours still rumble on.