297 Dodworth Road, Barnsley S70 6PJ

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 85 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FC for £7,300 · £2,433 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£2391.3 yrs+5.5 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2793.6 yrs+6.4 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£2084.8 yrs+4.8 pts
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£7966.3 yrs+18.3 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£3,500 – £5,500£25817.4 yrs+5.9 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£21723.1 yrs+5.0 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£3,093
per year at grade F
£1,096
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,522 a year — a 20.8% annual return on £7,300.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £1,998 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 January 2022£155,000

Estimated today: £190,351 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dodworth Road: 362 sales since 1995 · £158,271 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary AcademyPrimary0.7 mi
Keresforth Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Gawber Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Horizon Community CollegeSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.07 · average (2023/24)
Trinity Academy St. EdwardsSecondary1.1 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Barnsley AcademySecondary2.6 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Dodworth Road

How this home sits against its street.

217
graded homes
62.4
average score
D
most common grade
-28.4
this home vs street
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