Penistone Grammar School

Huddersfield Road, Penistone, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S36 7BX

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About this school

Penistone Grammar School is a Community school serving secondary age pupils, located in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The school has 1,922 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 3 February 2023). Last inspected 3 February 2023. The Principal is Paul Crook. The school is administered by Barnsley local authority.

School details

Principal

Paul Crook

Local authority

Barnsley

Gender

Mixed

URN

106653

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Penistone Grammar School are handled by the school or the local authority (Barnsley). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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