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SecondaryThe Barlow RC High School and Specialist Science College

last update : (8 May 2013)


School details last update : (27 Feb 2013)


Parrs Wood Road
Manchester
M20 6BX
0161 4458053
Mrs Claire McCarron
11
16
Mixed
Voluntary Aided School
Comprehensive
Roman Catholic
105581
No
No
Confirmation that school has checked its data (Secondary) No


853
49.2%
50.8%
9.7%
9.8%
29.3%
47.1%

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2012 KS4 Performance Tables last update : (19 Mar 2013)

Cohort information


Number of pupils at the end of KS4 166
27.7


 Number in cohortPercentage of cohort
23 14%
87 53%
53 33%
10 6%
13 8%

Year on year comparisons


Chart Line Percentage achieving 5+ A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and maths GCSEs2009201020112012
School 53% 55% 69% 75%
LA 38.6% 45.7% 51.8% 53.2%
England - All Schools 49.8% 53.5% 59% 59.4%

KS4 exam results


 All pupilsLow attainersMiddle attainersHigh attainers
Percentage achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs (or equivalents) including English and maths GCSEs 75% 17% 75% 98%
Percentage achieving A*-C in English and maths GCSEs 75% 17% 75% 100%
8% 0% 2% 23%
Percentage of pupils achieving 5+ A*-C grade GCSEs (or equivalent) 94%   
Percentage of pupils achieving 5+ A*-G grade GCSEs (or equivalent) 97%   
99%   
20 0 4 16
12% 0% 5% 30%

KS4 pupil progress


 All pupilsLow attainersMiddle attainersHigh attainers
80% 57% 85% 81%
75% 30% 82% 81%
1002.9 988.9 1012.3 994.0
993.1 960.7 997.8 975.4
1012.8 1017.2 1026.9 1012.6
98%   

KS4 Average Point Scores


 All pupilsLow attainersMiddle attainersHigh attainers
348.5 268.0 346.3 384.8
249.6 109.9 222.8 348.3
Average grade per qualification  E+ C- B-
Average grade per GCSE  F+ D B-

KS4 Exam entries


 All pupilsLow attainersMiddle attainersHigh attainers
13.0 11.0 13.3 13.4
7.1 4.2 6.5 9.3

Narrowing the Gap


 Disadvantaged pupilsOther pupils
Number of Pupils 69 97
Percentage of Pupils 42% 58%
Percentage achieving grades A*-C in English and maths GCSEs 62% 85%
Percentage achieving 5+ A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and maths GCSEs 62% 84%
75% 84%
69% 78%
994.3 1009.2
977.8 995.3
1010.9 1023.0
12.3 13.5
326.6 364.1

For the purposes of the table Disadvantaged pupils are considered as those eligible for free school meals and children
looked after (ie, In the care of the Local Authority for at least 6 months)


Pupil Absence last update : (6 Nov 2012)


 SchoolEngland - national (secondary state-funded)
7.8% 5.7%
11.1% 6.8%

last update : (24 Jan 2013)


Contextual information


853.0
29.3%
MEDIUM

Spend per pupil data as £ per pupil (in brackets percentage of total income or expenditure)


 SchoolLA MedianNon-London LAs MedianNational Median
5713 (99%) 5983 6076 5433
81 (1%) 165 153 153
5794 6259 6226 5620
3269 (59%) 3230 3256 3091
110 (2%) 105 109 87
488 (9%) 657 697 556
234 (4%) 272 249 224
117 (2%) 65 71 69
48 (1%) 99 72 58
499 (9%) 502 554 488
77 (1%) 124 95 57
287 (5%) 406 387 340
93 (2%) 110 96 81
54 (1%) 91 99 86
260 (5%) 296 255 231
5534 6068 6130 5502

Spend per pupil data as £ per pupil : Comparisons over time


 2009-102010-112011-12
Chart Line  3288 3597 3757
Chart Line  54 19 110
Chart Line  337 387 499
Chart Line  82 60 54

School Workforce last update : (3 Dec 2012)


 SchoolEngland - national (secondary state-funded)
63 221959
12 65809
18 85744
51.9 206240.3
10.8 50866.6
17.0 70087.5
16.4 15.6
NA 38903

Ofsted Inspection last update : (8 May 2013)


16 October 2012
2
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