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Barnsley in Depth Children’s and Young People’s Report – 2008/09 Information6.12.1 Barnsley level analysis of Learning Net clientsIn Barnsley as a whole, there were 868 4 individuals aged under-25 who hadbeen engaged in the Learning Net from September 2004 to August 2009. Thenumber has increased from 758 (or 14.5%) from the last snapshot as atSeptember 2008. This accounts for 7.3% 5 of the people on the database(about the same as the September 2008 snapshot). These individuals wereengaged in 1,496 interventions (average of 1.7 per individual) – about thesame as last report.The number of individuals under 25 using the Learning Net has increasedfrom 146 starting in 2005 (first full year) 6 to 199 starting in 2008 – an increaseof 6%. This is to be expected as more people are already on the database.Figure 6.12.1: Barnsley Learning Net clients aged under 25 by start year250Individuals from Barnsley aged under 25 who have used the Barnsley Learning Net by year of firstintervention(Source: Barnsley Learning Net Database August 2009)NB: some records have been excluded i.e.where there were errors in the date ofintervention field, where the postcode couldnot be geocoded or if the person was residentoutside Barnsley.200Number of Individuals150100218199146133(to 4/8/2009)50102700Start Year: 2004 Start Year: 2005 Start Year: 2006 Start Year: 2007 Start Year 2008 Start Year: 2009There were 28 people who lived in Barnsley, who were aged under 25 andfrom an ethnicity other than White British – accounting for 3.2% of the under25s 5 on the Learning Net database (compared with 1.4% of Learning Netclients of all ages living in Barnsley). A clean up of the Learning Net databasehas removed duplicate records which may account for the decrease in thenumber of people under-25 from ethnic minority backgrounds.Learners living in Barnsley with a disability accounted for 7.6% of the under-25 clients (11.2% for all age groups). For both age groups this is a slightdecrease on the snapshot as at June 2007. As at August 2009, there were456There are 914 on the database but only 868 had a valid postcode within Barnsley.All percentages are of the known population i.e. the base population excludes records with unknown / notgiven or blank entries in the relevant field.The live nature of the database means and revisions to the database over time means that the totals statedhere are likely to be different from those previously reported.- 102 -