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Barnsley in Depth Children’s and Young People’s Report – 2008/09 InformationSimilar to Key Stage 2 the attainment gap for Free School Meal Eligible pupilsis even greater than it is for Gender. Only 12.4% of Free School Meal Pupilsachieve 5+ A*-C GCSEs including English and Mathematics or equivalent. In2008, none of the FSM pupils living in Penistone West achieved the measure.Seven other wards also had achievement rates of fewer than 10% for theirFSM cohorts. The best performance of FSM pupils came in Central Wardwhere 53.8% of pupils achieved the indicator. This however, was theexception rather than the norm, as it was the only ward where FSM pupilsoutperformed the other pupils.Figure 6.10.5 Percentage of Free School Meal Eligible and Ineligible pupils achieving5+ A*-C GCSEs including English and maths or equivalentPercentage of FSM Ineligible and FSM Eligible Pupils Achieving 5+ A*- C inc. English andMathematics at Key Stage 4 (Source: Barnsley LA 2008)60.050.040.0FSM Ineligible% of Pupils30.020.0FSM Eligible10.00.0Dearne NorthSt Helen'sStairfootDearne SouthWorsbroughNorth EastMonk BrettonKingstoneCentralCudworthWombwellHoyland MiltonDarfieldRoystonRockinghamOld TownDodworthDarton EastDarton WestPenistone WestPenistone EastMost Deprived Above Average Deprivation Average Below Average Deprivation Least DeprivedQuintile 1 Quintile 2 Quintile 3 Quintile 4 Quintile 5In Barnsley, 98.4% of young people achieved at least one entry levelqualification. At ward level, Hoyland Milton (92.2%) and Rockingham (96.1%)had the lowest percentage of pupils achieving this measure. Perhapssurprisingly neither of these wards is in the most deprived quintiles. In severalwards all the pupils attained at least one entry level qualification.- 91 -