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Schools in Barnsley
This page shows schools ranked on the new measure of their pupils' performance in GCSE-level exams.
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 pupils eligible to take the exams, are not ranked.

Click the name of a school for a page detailing its performance.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on VA for value added scores or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Penistone Grammar School 63 53 982.3 301.6
Kingstone School, The 48 37 975.8 NA
Darton High School 44 35 985 NA
Holgate School 47 33 964.1 NA
St Michael's Catholic and Church of England High School 44 29 983.5 NA
Foulstone School, The 45 28 966 NA
Wombwell High School 37 28 963.1 NA
Royston High School 39 28 966.7 NA
Priory School and Sports College 34 27 994.1 NA
Edward Sheerien School 37 25 980.5 NA
Kirk Balk School 34 23 966.1 NA
Dearne High School, The 23 17 958.1 NA
Elmhirst School, The 29 16 905.1 NA
Willowgarth High School 35 13 938.1 NA
English secondary schools 2004

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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