Penistone Grammar School
Huddersfield Road, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 7BX
Local ranking1st of 12 secondary schools in Barnsley
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1877
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 53.6
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 59.6%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.3%
- Entering EBacc
- 49.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.8
- Cohort Size
- 329
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 63.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B
Avg A-Level Grade
40.7
Avg Points/Entry
40.1
Best 3 A-Levels
127
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 25.9%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 313
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1922
- Boys
- 951 (49%)
- Girls
- 971 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1877 (102% full)
- SEND
- 17.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.5%
- EAL
- 1.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 107.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,503/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.1%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.2%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.9%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Other: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- White Irish: 0.3%
91.9%
White British
1.8%
White Other
1.8%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 106653
- UKPRN
- 10005034
- Establishment No.
- 4027