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Kirk Balk School

Kirk Balk, Hoyland, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 9HX
Tel: 01226 742286

TYPE: Community, comprehensive, boys and girls, technology

AGES: 11-16

Ranking

How well this school did compared with others in the area at:

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This institution
LA average
National average

Bar charts show performance relative to the worst/best

What these figures mean

PUPILS' IMPROVEMENT: CONTEXTUAL VALUE ADDED

KEY STAGE 2 to KEY STAGE 4

SCORE

980.5
997.5

GCSE-LEVEL PERFORMANCE

260 eligible, 26.6% of whom had special educational needs

PUPILS WITH EQUIVALENT OF FIVE OR MORE GCSES GRADE C OR ABOVE INCLUDING ENGLISH AND MATHS

42%
33.1%
47.6%

Pupils getting at least two good GCSEs in sciences: 37%
Pupils with at least one modern language GCSE: 19%

RECENT PERFORMANCE OF THE GCSE AGE GROUP (%)

2005

34
31.6
44.3

2006

32
30.7
45.3

2007

31
31.4
46

2008

42
33.1
47.3

School has no sixth form results

ABSENCE:8.9% total (7.6% locally, 7.4% nationally)
9.3% persistent (7.1% locally, 6.6% nationally)
LOCAL AUTHORITY TABLES:Barnsley listings
PROFILE:The school's official description of itself

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ENGLISH SCHOOL TABLES 2008

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

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NATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fewer schools below GCSE target

Top A-level results

Colleges that add the most value

The best GCSE-level results

The worst GCSE-level results

Schools that add the most value

How different areas performed

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PRIMARY SCHOOLS

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The best of the best

The best results

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Adding the most value

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