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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 NAMESORT BY GCSE (%)SORT BY SCORE
InstitutionOldNewVAA/AS
Priory School and Sports College3427994.1NA
Darton High School4435985NA
St Michael's Catholic and Church of England High School4429983.5NA
Penistone Grammar School6353982.3301.6
Edward Sheerien School3725980.5NA
Kingstone School, The4837975.8NA
Royston High School3928966.7NA
Kirk Balk School3423966.1NA
Foulstone School, The4528966NA
Holgate School4733964.1NA
Wombwell High School3728963.1NA
Dearne High School, The2317958.1NA
Willowgarth High School3513938.1NA
Elmhirst School, The2916905.1NA
English secondary schools 2004

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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