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Barnsley in Depth Children’s and Young People’s Report – 2008/09 InformationFrom 2008, in line with commitments in the Children’s Plan and to reflect newtargets for raising attainment in English and maths, the Secretary of Statedecided that the KS2 Tables will focus on the percentage of eligible pupilsachieving Level 4 or above in both English and maths.In this new combined measure, 68.2% of the pupils in Barnsley schoolsachieved level 4 or above (the national level being 73%). There was adifference of 36.1% in pupil’s achievement between the highest (PenistoneEast) and lowest (St. Helen’s) wards.Figure 6.9.1: Percentage of Pupils Achieving Level 4+ in English and maths combinedat Key Stage 2Source: EMS, 2008Percentage of Pupils Achieving Level 4+ at Key Stage 2 in BOTH English and Maths(Source: Barnsley LA 2008)100.090.080.0R 2 = 0.6532% of Pupils70.060.050.040.030.0%L4+Barnsley LEALinear (%L4+)20.010.00.0DearneNorthSt Helen'sStairfootDearneSouthWorsbroughNorth EastMonkBrettonKingstoneCentralCudworthWombwellHoylandMiltonDarfieldRoystonRockinghamOld TownDodworthDarton EastDartonWestPenistoneWestPenistoneEastMost DeprivedAbove AverageDeprivationAverageBelow AverageDeprivationLeast DeprivedQuintile 1 Quintile 2 Quintile 3 Quintile 4 Quintile 5Note: R is a figure to illustrate the correlation between two sets of data, with -1 being a perfectnegative correlation, and +1 being a perfect positive correlation. Usually, +0.7 or above isregarded a significant positive result.- 85 -
Barnsley in Depth Children’s and Young People’s Report – 2008/09 InformationFigure 6.9.2 Percentage of Pupils Achieving KS2 L4+ in English and maths combinedby WardAchievement in both English and Maths at Level 4 shows a clear disparitybetween boys and girls. Overall, 65.5% of boys attained Level 4 or abovecompared to 70.9% of girls in 2008. In 16 out of 21 wards, the girls attainedmore Level 4’s than the boys and in a handful of wards (Rockingham, NorthEast, Cudworth, Darfield and Royston) the girls outperformed the boys by wellover 10%. In just one ward (Hoyland Milton) did the boys out perform the girlsby the same margin. The boy’s strongest performance was in Old Town wardwhere 87.8% achieved Level 4. Conversely their weakest performance was inDearne North, where just 50% achieved the benchmark. Girl’s attainment washighest in Penistone East (91.1%) and lowest in St. Helen’s (54.3%).- 86 -
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