Pupil information primary schools academic year 16/17
| Authority | Department of Education, Sport and Culture |
|---|---|
| Date received | 2017-10-11 |
| Outcome | All information sent |
| Outcome date | 2017-11-06 |
| Case ID | 354937 |
Summary
The Department of Education, Sport and Culture provided pupil roll numbers, absence data, and free school meal percentages for Isle of Man primary schools for the 2016/17 academic year, while citing absolute exemptions for SEN and first language data as it was already publicly available.
Key Facts
- Information was requested for all on-island primary schools regarding the 2016/17 academic year and historical KS1/KS2 completion data from 2012/13 to 2015/16.
- The Department disclosed data for questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10 in tabular format.
- Questions 5 (SEN percentage) and 6 (non-English first language percentage) were subject to an absolute exemption under s20 of the Act because the data was already accessible via previous FOI responses.
- The response was issued on 2017-11-06 following a request received on 2017-10-11.
- Bunscoill Rhumsaa had the highest total roll at 489 pupils, while Jurby Community Primary School had the lowest listed roll at 63 pupils.
Data Disclosed
- 2016/17
- 2012/13
- 2015/16
- 2017-10-11
- 2017-11-06
- 140
- 489
- 46.4%
- 17.9%
- s20
- IM106381I
- IM76517I
- IM72257I
Exemptions Cited
- Absolute exemption under s20 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (information already accessible via previously published FoI responses)
Data Tables (4)
| School Name | Male Pupils | Female Pupils | Total on Roll | Percentage on FSMs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anagh Coar School Andreas School Arbory Primary School Ashley Hill Primary School Ballacottier School Ballasalla Primary School Ballaugh Primary School Braddan Primary School Bunscoill Ghaelgagh Bunscoill Rhumsaa Cronk y Berry School Dhoon Primary School Foxdale Primary School Henry Bloom Noble School Jurby Community Primary School Kewaigue School Laxey Primary School Manor Park Primary School Marown Primary School Michael School Onchan Primary School Peel Clothworkers Primary School Rushen Primary School Scoill Phurt le Moirrey Scoill Vallajeelt Scoill yn Jubilee St Johns Primary School St Mary's RC School St Thomas' C of E School Sulby Primary School Victoria Road Primary School Willaston Primary School | 70 57 89 121 138 50 37 82 36 266 186 35 31 164 33 68 119 49 101 75 215 223 112 80 113 205 66 140 37 71 117 115 | 70 49 92 133 132 41 31 76 31 223 164 48 34 130 30 59 88 54 90 47 205 196 119 70 84 210 85 169 35 81 136 77 | 140 106 181 254 270 91 68 158 67 489 350 83 65 294 63 127 207 103 191 122 420 419 231 150 197 415 151 309 72 152 253 192 | 46.4% 17.9% 14.4% 15.0% 17.4% 38.5% 19.1% 26.6% 4.5% 23.5% 27.1% 9.6% 9.2% 36.4% 44.4% 9.4% 13.5% 54.4% 2.1% 11.5% 16.2% 23.6% 21.6% 23.3% 5.1% 22.4% 16.6% 19.4% 5.6% 7.9% 33.6% 40.6% |
| Institution | Statutory/Roll Call (Present) during 2016/2017 academic year | Statutory/Roll Call (Authorised Absence) during 2016/2017 academic year | Statutory/Roll Call (Unauthorised Absence) during 2016/2017 academic year | % Present | % Auth Absent | % Unauth Absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anagh Coar School | 48557 | 3135 | 163 | 93.64% | 6.05% | 0.31% |
| Andreas School | 37542 | 1667 | 195 | 95.27% | 4.23% | 0.49% |
| Arbory Primary School | 65174 | 1901 | 504 | 96.44% | 2.81% | 0.75% |
| Ashley Hill Primary School | 90606 | 4012 | 221 | 95.54% | 4.23% | 0.23% |
| Ballacottier School | 94769 | 4262 | 165 | 95.54% | 4.30% | 0.17% |
| Ballasalla Primary School | 33664 | 1530 | 204 | 95.10% | 4.32% | 0.58% |
| Ballaugh Primary School | 24339 | 792 | 20 | 96.77% | 3.15% | 0.08% |
| Braddan Primary School | 57454 | 2665 | 826 | 94.27% | 4.37% | 1.36% |
| Bunscoill Ghaelgagh | 24161 | 862 | 169 | 95.91% | 3.42% | 0.67% |
| Bunscoill Rhumsaa | 174142 | 9454 | 581 | 94.55% | 5.13% | 0.32% |
| Cronk-Y-Berry School | 125612 | 5859 | 788 | 94.97% | 4.43% | 0.60% |
| Dhoon Primary School | 30283 | 923 | 2 | 97.04% | 2.96% | 0.01% |
| Foxdale Primary School | 23168 | 1178 | 244 | 94.22% | 4.79% | 0.99% |
| Henry Bloom Noble Juniors | 104924 | 6078 | 323 | 94.25% | 5.46% | 0.29% |
| Jurby Community Primary School | 21234 | 999 | 557 | 93.17% | 4.38% | 2.44% |
| Kewaigue Primary School | 44803 | 2196 | 593 | 94.14% | 4.61% | 1.25% |
| Laxey Primary School | 72890 | 3626 | 122 | 95.11% | 4.73% | 0.16% |
| Manor Park Primary Junior Mixed and Infant School | 35143 | 1567 | 582 | 94.24% | 4.20% | 1.56% |
| Marown Primary School | 68728 | 2819 | 262 | 95.71% | 3.93% | 0.36% |
| Michael School | 44033 | 1428 | 162 | 96.51% | 3.13% | 0.36% |
| Onchan Primary School | 152579 | 5962 | 1515 | 95.33% | 3.72% | 0.95% |
| Peel Clothworkers Primary School | 151687 | 5250 | 1856 | 95.52% | 3.31% | 1.17% |
| Rushen Primary School | 82558 | 2832 | 1054 | 95.50% | 3.28% | 1.22% |
| Scoill Phurt Le Moirrey | 56102 | 2048 | 25 | 96.44% | 3.52% | 0.04% |
| Scoill Vallajeelt | 72472 | 1658 | 1239 | 96.16% | 2.20% | 1.64% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoill yn Jubilee - Infants | 149221 | 6635 | 323 | 95.54% | 4.25% | 0.21% |
| St John's Primary School | 55363 | 2287 | 192 | 95.71% | 3.95% | 0.33% |
| St Mary's RC School | 106872 | 5087 | 1320 | 94.34% | 4.49% | 1.17% |
| St Thoma's CofE School | 25650 | 1046 | 62 | 95.86% | 3.91% | 0.23% |
| Sulby Primary School | 54777 | 2581 | 13 | 95.48% | 4.50% | 0.02% |
| Victoria Road Primary School | 90986 | 4068 | 362 | 95.36% | 4.26% | 0.38% |
| Willaston Primary School | 68024 | 3119 | 571 | 94.85% | 4.35% | 0.80% |
| 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL | KS1 | KS2 | KS1 | KS2 | KS1 | KS2 | KS1 | KS2 | KS1 | KS2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anagh Coar School Andreas (& Bride) School Arbory Primary School Ashley Hill Primary School | 24 21 26 45 35 45 12 10 23 7 65 45 19 N/A 4 | 21 21 23 42 N/A 30 23 12 11 5 84 59 12 29 11 | 27 16 22 44 | 12 17 24 47 | 14 15 28 35 | 14 15 25 47 | 17 10 22 44 | 16 14 19 47 | 20 23 26 40 | 28 19 28 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ballacloan Primary School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ballacottier School Ballasalla Primary School Ballaugh Primary School Braddan Primary School Bunscoill Ghaelgagh Bunscoill Rhumsaa Cronk y Berry School Dhoon Primary School | 31 14 11 23 10 67 53 13 | 32 14 14 14 12 55 49 13 | 40 15 11 25 5 72 57 10 | 43 12 11 20 7 66 47 18 | 42 18 8 28 15 80 58 11 | 39 8 9 14 14 66 57 13 | 40 10 10 23 10 69 48 10 | 47 13 9 18 7 70 44 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield Junior School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foxdale Primary School | 4 37 11 24 31 24 31 19 65 42 34 17 28 59 23 44 8 24 25 22 | 12 38 7 22 31 11 29 16 64 36 30 13 27 54 30 37 13 20 28 26 | 9 35 9 23 35 12 29 10 60 53 43 21 26 50 24 44 11 16 34 31 | 7 31 5 25 30 15 27 15 56 58 37 15 28 49 28 45 7 23 24 28 | 9 35 11 17 31 10 31 22 64 78 33 21 27 63 28 49 12 29 45 28 | 10 34 9 20 32 15 39 13 58 42 39 26 22 45 27 33 9 25 30 26 | 8 63 14 13 24 19 22 19 59 69 40 23 29 56 25 51 10 20 28 34 | 5 39 3 15 26 13 23 17 48 55 27 22 30 53 17 34 9 22 34 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Bloom Noble | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jurby Community Primary School Kewaigue School Laxey Primary School Manor Park Primary School Marown Primary School Michael School Onchan Primary School Peel Clothworkers Primary School Rushen Primary School Scoill Phurt le Moirrey Scoill Vallajeelt Scoill yn Jubilee St John's Primary School St Mary's Primary School St Thomas' C of E School Sulby Primary School Victoria Road Primary School Willaston Primary School | 6 16 30 19 24 16 51 57 30 20 26 55 20 37 10 26 33 20 | 8 14 33 12 31 22 50 55 35 20 41 53 23 37 11 25 31 31 |
Full Response Text
Dear
RE: REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2015 (“the Act”) Reference Number – IM106381I
You asked:
Further to the response given by the DEC to FOIA Request IM72257I please provide me with the following information for each on Island Primary School in respect of the academic year 2016/17:
- The number of pupils on the school roll broken down by gender;
- The number of authorised pupil absences (days/half days);
- The number of unauthorised pupil absences (days/half days);
- The percentage of pupils on the school roll entitled to free school meals;
- The percentage of pupils on the school roll determined as having Special Educational Needs (SEN);
- The percentage of school pupils whose first language is not/believed not to be English;
- The number of pupils completing KS1;
- The number of pupils completing KS2.
In respect of the each academic year from 2012/13 to 2015/2016 inclusive please provide me the following information:
- The number of pupils completing KS1;
- The number of pupils completing KS2.
Department Response
The Department is pleased to be able to provide you with some of the information requested (in respect of questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10) – see following tables (broken down by individual primary school as requested).
In respect of some of the other information requested:-
Questions 5 and 6 - this is subject to an absolute exemption under s20 of the Act as this is already accessible via previously published FoI responses:-
- The percentage of pupils on the school roll determined as having Special Educational Needs (SEN); this information was contained in an FoI response ref. IM76517I published on 14 Department of Education and Children
Rheynn Ynsee as Paitchyn
Chief Executive Officer Prof Ronald Barr
Department of Education and Children Hamilton House Peel Road Douglas IM1 5EZ
February 2017. This can be found on page 5 of the following link:- https://www.gov.im/media/1355242/dec_foi_pupil-and-staffing-numbers.pdf
This information is also available on Tynwald Hansard in respect of a question asked at the July 2017 sitting of Tynwald. Please refer to the Tynwald Hansard website for details (http://www.tynwald.org.im/business/hansard/Pages/recent.aspx)
- The percentage of school pupils whose first language is not/believed not to be English;
- this information for 2016/17 was contained in an FoI response ref. IM72257I published on 23 January 2017. This can be found on page 12 of the following link:- https://www.gov.im/media/1354837/department-response-redacted-23117.pdf
(Please note that information relating to SEN and school rolls, as well as pupils whose first language is not/believed not to be English for 2017/2018, will be published on the Government website by the end of winter term in December 2017.)
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Yours sincerely
Questions 1 and 4
School Name Male Pupils Female Pupils Total on Roll Percentage on FSMs Anagh Coar School 70 70 140 46.4% Andreas School 57 49 106 17.9% Arbory Primary School 89 92 181 14.4% Ashley Hill Primary School 121 133 254 15.0% Ballacottier School 138 132 270 17.4% Ballasalla Primary School 50 41 91 38.5% Ballaugh Primary School 37 31 68 19.1% Braddan Primary School 82 76 158 26.6% Bunscoill Ghaelgagh 36 31 67 4.5% Bunscoill Rhumsaa 266 223 489 23.5% Cronk y Berry School 186 164 350 27.1% Dhoon Primary School 35 48 83 9.6% Foxdale Primary School 31 34 65 9.2% Henry Bloom Noble School 164 130 294 36.4% Jurby Community Primary School 33 30 63 44.4% Kewaigue School 68 59 127 9.4% Laxey Primary School 119 88 207 13.5% Manor Park Primary School 49 54 103 54.4% Marown Primary School 101 90 191 2.1% Michael School 75 47 122 11.5% Onchan Primary School 215 205 420 16.2% Peel Clothworkers Primary School 223 196 419 23.6% Rushen Primary School 112 119 231 21.6% Scoill Phurt le Moirrey 80 70 150 23.3% Scoill Vallajeelt 113 84 197 5.1% Scoill yn Jubilee 205 210 415 22.4% St Johns Primary School 66 85 151 16.6% St Mary's RC School 140 169 309 19.4% St Thomas' C of E School 37 35 72 5.6% Sulby Primary School 71 81 152 7.9% Victoria Road Primary School 117 136 253 33.6% Willaston Primary School 115 77 192 40.6%
Questions 2 and 3.
Institution Statutory/Roll Call (Present) during 2016/2017 academic year Statutory/Roll Call (Authorised Absence) during 2016/2017 academic year Statutory/Roll Call (Unauthorised Absence) during 2016/2017 academic year % Present % Auth Absent % Unauth Absent Anagh Coar School 48557 3135 163 93.64% 6.05% 0.31% Andreas School 37542 1667 195 95.27% 4.23% 0.49% Arbory Primary School 65174 1901 504 96.44% 2.81% 0.75% Ashley Hill Primary School 90606 4012 221 95.54% 4.23% 0.23% Ballacottier School 94769 4262 165 95.54% 4.30% 0.17% Ballasalla Primary School 33664 1530 204 95.10% 4.32% 0.58% Ballaugh Primary School 24339 792 20 96.77% 3.15% 0.08% Braddan Primary School 57454 2665 826 94.27% 4.37% 1.36% Bunscoill Ghaelgagh 24161 862 169 95.91% 3.42% 0.67% Bunscoill Rhumsaa 174142 9454 581 94.55% 5.13% 0.32% Cronk-Y-Berry School 125612 5859 788 94.97% 4.43% 0.60% Dhoon Primary School 30283 923 2 97.04% 2.96% 0.01% Foxdale Primary School 23168 1178 244 94.22% 4.79% 0.99% Henry Bloom Noble Juniors 104924 6078 323 94.25% 5.46% 0.29% Jurby Community Primary School 21234 999 557 93.17% 4.38% 2.44% Kewaigue Primary School 44803 2196 593 94.14% 4.61% 1.25% Laxey Primary School 72890 3626 122 95.11% 4.73% 0.16% Manor Park Primary Junior Mixed and Infant School 35143 1567 582 94.24% 4.20% 1.56% Marown Primary School 68728 2819 262 95.71% 3.93% 0.36% Michael School 44033 1428 162 96.51% 3.13% 0.36% Onchan Primary School 152579 5962 1515 95.33% 3.72% 0.95% Peel Clothworkers Primary School 151687 5250 1856 95.52% 3.31% 1.17% Rushen Primary School 82558 2832 1054 95.50% 3.28% 1.22% Scoill Phurt Le Moirrey 56102 2048 25 96.44% 3.52% 0.04% Scoill Vallajeelt 72472 1658 1239 96.16% 2.20% 1.64% Scoill yn Jubilee - Infants 149221 6635 323 95.54% 4.25% 0.21% St John's Primary School 55363 2287 192 95.71% 3.95% 0.33% St Mary's RC School 106872 5087 1320 94.34% 4.49% 1.17% St Thoma's CofE School 25650 1046 62 95.86% 3.91% 0.23% Sulby Primary School 54777 2581 13 95.48% 4.50% 0.02% Victoria Road Primary School 90986 4068 362 95.36% 4.26% 0.38% Willaston Primary School 68024 3119 571 94.85% 4.35% 0.80%
(Please note that missing marks may not have been accounted for in calculating %.
Any missing marks are ignored, and any unexplained absences are recorded as unauthorised absence).
Questions 7, 8, 9 and 10
2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 SCHOOL KS1 KS2 KS1 KS2 KS1 KS2 KS1 KS2 KS1 KS2 Anagh Coar School 24 21 27 12 14 14 17 16 20 28 Andreas (& Bride) School 21 21 16 17 15 15 10 14 23 19 Arbory Primary School 26 23 22 24 28 25 22 19 26 28 Ashley Hill Primary School 45 42 44 47 35 47 44 47 40 38 Ballacloan Primary School 35 N/A
Ballacottier School 45 30 31 32 40 43 42 39 40 47 Ballasalla Primary School 12 23 14 14 15 12 18 8 10 13 Ballaugh Primary School 10 12 11 14 11 11 8 9 10 9 Braddan Primary School 23 11 23 14 25 20 28 14 23 18 Bunscoill Ghaelgagh 7 5 10 12 5 7 15 14 10 7 Bunscoill Rhumsaa 65 84 67 55 72 66 80 66 69 70 Cronk y Berry School 45 59 53 49 57 47 58 57 48 44 Dhoon Primary School 19 12 13 13 10 18 11 13 10 18 Fairfield Junior School N/A 29
Foxdale Primary School 4 11 4 12 9 7 9 10 8 5 Henry Bloom Noble School
37 38 35 31 35 34 63 39 Jurby Community Primary School 6 8 11 7 9 5 11 9 14 3 Kewaigue School 16 14 24 22 23 25 17 20 13 15 Laxey Primary School 30 33 31 31 35 30 31 32 24 26 Manor Park Primary School 19 12 24 11 12 15 10 15 19 13 Marown Primary School 24 31 31 29 29 27 31 39 22 23 Michael School 16 22 19 16 10 15 22 13 19 17 Onchan Primary School 51 50 65 64 60 56 64 58 59 48 Peel Clothworkers Primary School 57 55 42 36 53 58 78 42 69 55 Rushen Primary School 30 35 34 30 43 37 33 39 40 27 Scoill Phurt le Moirrey 20 20 17 13 21 15 21 26 23 22 Scoill Vallajeelt 26 41 28 27 26 28 27 22 29 30 Scoill yn Jubilee 55 53 59 54 50 49 63 45 56 53 St John's Primary School 20 23 23 30 24 28 28 27 25 17 St Mary's Primary School 37 37 44 37 44 45 49 33 51 34 St Thomas' C of E School 10 11 8 13 11 7 12 9 10 9 Sulby Primary School 26 25 24 20 16 23 29 25 20 22 Victoria Road Primary School 33 31 25 28 34 24 45 30 28 34 Willaston Primary School 20 31 22 26 31 28 28 26 34 20