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The Education Challenge
Performance
Attainment at the end of KS2, 2019
By the end of primary school education, 64% of Barrow pupils
(64%) reach the expected standard in reading, writing and
maths to prepare them for secondary school, which is slightly
below the national (65%) and Cumbria (66%) average.
Barrow pupils achieve an average Attainment 8 score of 44.5,
which lags behind Cumbria (46.1) and state-funded schools in
England (46.7). There is a high level of disadvantage in
Barrow’s secondary schools, with eligibility for Free School
Meals at 42% in Furness Academy and 33% in Walney, relative
to 28% in England. Analysis by CLEP identified a disadvantage
gap of -0.81 on average adjusted Progress 8 relative to 0.57
nationally. This means, on average, disadvantaged pupils in Average Attainment 8 score per pupil, 2019
Cumbria perform around four-fifths of a GCSE grade below
non-disadvantaged pupils**.
Source: Find and Compare Schools in England, DoE, 2019 ** CLEP LIS Evidence Base, 2019 * Estimated as the average of schools in Barrow.
