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Schools in Barnsley
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • 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
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

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

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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