Pupil characteristics 2024/25

Summary

The Department of Education, Sport and Culture responded to a request for pupil characteristics across Isle of Man schools for the 2024/25 academic year, disclosing data on Free School Meals, Additional Educational Needs (AEN), and English as an Additional Language (EAL). The response provided detailed breakdowns by school and support category, though some specific classifications like neurodivergence were not explicitly detailed in the provided tables.

Key Facts

• Data covers the 2024/25 academic year with nominal roll figures from September 2024.
• AEN data is categorized into Additional Support, Additional Support Plus, Complex Needs (mainstream), and Complex Needs (SPC).
• Ballakermeen school amalgamated Additional Support and Additional Support Plus categories in their reporting.
• Bunscoill Ghaelgagh reported no statistics for EAL pupils.
• The request included data on FSM, EAL, AEN, specific learning difficulties, and neurodivergence, with the latter two not fully tabulated in the response.

Data Disclosed

• Case ID: 4486949
• Date received: 2025-03-03
• Outcome date: 2025-03-26
• Jurby FSM percentage: 57.14%
• Manor Park FSM percentage: 53.33%
• Willaston FSM percentage: 47.69%
• Bunscoill Rhumsaa FSM percentage: 24.34%
• St John's FSM percentage: 24.53%
• Scoill Phurt Le Moirrey FSM percentage: 25.00%
• Ballakermeen total roll: 1478
• St Ninians total roll: 1303
• Anagh Coar Additional Support: 19
• Ashley Hill Additional Support: 64
• Rhumsaa Additional Support: 67
• Ballakermeen Complex Needs (mainstream): 47
• Castle Rushen Additional Support Plus: 82

Original Request

For each Island Primary and Secondary school I request the following information: The number of pupils and percentage of school roll in receipt of FSM; and The number of pupils and percentage of school roll deemed as having EAL; and The number of pupils and percentage of school roll deemed as having AEN (SEN) and the numbers of AEN (SEN) pupils broken down by degree of need e.g. School Action, School Action +, HLN (Mainstream), HLN (Unit) or such other classifications as are used; and The number of pupils classified as having dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia and dysgraphia or such other classifications relating to pupils deemed as having 'literacy difficulties' and/or 'numeracy difficulties'; and The number of pupils recognised as neurodivergent, with numbers by type where held; and In a) the combined primary sector and b) the combined secondary sector, the number of pupils classed as i) LAC and ii) subject to a CPP. .

Data Tables (5)

Full Response Text

School

Additional Support Additional Support Plus Complex Needs (mainstream) Complex Need (SPC) Anagh Coar 19 9 12 0 Andreas 7 11 1 0 Arbory 15 4 2 1 Ashley Hill 64 7 5 0 Ballacottier 11 12 4 17 Ballasalla 21 5 14 0 Ballaugh 5 3 0 0 Braddan 21 9 3 0 Bunscoill Ghaelgagh 18 5 0 0 Cronk-y-Berry 52 12 10 13 Dhoon 10 2 2 0 Foxdale 6 3 3 0 Henry Bloom Noble 50 20 13 20 Jurby 9 12 8 0 Kewaigue 5 1 2 0 Laxey 41 16 4 0 Manor Park 12 10 4 6 Marown 9 13 0 0 Michael 15 10 3 0 Onchan 47 4 10 17 Peel Clothworkers 35 24 5 14 Rhumsaa 67 19 20 23 Rushen 31 10 10 16 Scoill Phurt Le Moirrey 11 9 11 14 Scoill Vallajeelt 5 5 9 0 Scoill yn Jubilee Infants 24 10 7 0 St Johns 17 21 1 13 St Marys 19 8 13 0 St Thomas 17 5 6 0 Sulby 19 15 4 0 Victoria Road 13 32 8 0 Willaston 37 12 9 0

School No. Pupils NOR % Anagh Coar 45 104 43.27% Andreas 8 80 10.00% Arbory 19 161 11.80% Ashley Hill 27 237 11.39% Ballacottier 24 195 12.31% Ballakermeen 243 1478 16.44% Ballasalla 37 167 22.16% Ballaugh 5 57 8.77% Braddan 20 124 16.13% Bunscoill Ghaelgagh 0 64 0.00% Bunscoill Rhumsaa 110 452 24.34% Castle Rushen 168 998 16.83% Cronk-Y-Berry 51 287 17.77% Dhoon 12 79 15.19% Foxdale 10 75 13.33% Henry Bloom Noble 53 383 13.84% Jurby 24 42 57.14% Kewaigue 15 98 15.31% Laxey 21 190 11.05% Manor Park 40 75 53.33% Marown 5 161 3.11% Michael 5 77 6.49% Onchan 73 326 22.39% Peel Clothworkers 69 385 17.92% Queen Elizabeth II 131 927 14.13% Ramsey Grammar 162 1011 16.02% Rushen 39 232 16.81% Scoill Phurt Le Moirrey 41 164 25.00% Scoill Vallajeelt 9 155 5.81% Scoill yn Jubilee 23 313 7.35% St John's 26 106 24.53% St Mary's RC 28 266 10.53% St Ninians 192 1303 14.74% St Thomas's C of E 3 74 4.05% Sulby 16 136 11.76% Victoria Road 49 164 29.88% Willaston 62 130 47.69%

School

Additional Support Additional Support Plus Complex needs (mainstream) Complex needs (SPC) Ballakermeen 273 0 47 15 Castle Rushen
122 82 34 10 QE2 93 77 19 9 RGS 104 54 31 20 St Ninians 112 55 51 13

Please note Ballakermeen have amalgamated Additional Support with Additional Support Plus

Numbers and EAL percentages per school

Primary School Totals on roll Sept 2024 % EAL in school Anagh Coar 104 10 Andreas 80 4 Arbory 161 2 Ashley Hill 237 4

Ballacottier 195 12 Ballasalla 169 7 Ballaugh 57 4 Braddan 124 15 B Ghaelgagh 64 No stats Bunscoill Rhumsaa 452 5

Cronk y B 287 22 Dhoon 79 1 Foxdale 75 0 HBN
383 36 Jurby 42 0 Kewaigue 98 6

Laxey 190 3 Manor Park 75 1 Marown 161 7 Michael 77 1 Onchan 326 6 Peel CW 385 7 Rushen 232 6

Scoill Phurt le Moirrey 164 4 Scoill Vallajeelt 155 14 Scoill yn Jubilee 313 16 St John’s 106 4 St Mary’s 266 39 St Thomas’ 74 7 Sulby 136 2 Victoria Road 164 5 Willaston 130 2

%

SECONDARY SCHOOLS Total on roll Sept 2024 % EAL Ballakermeen 1484 18 Castle Rushen
945 3 QEII 928 3 Ramsey Grammar 1004 2 St Ninian’s 1303 5

Nominal roll data from gov.im for September intake 2024

Policy, Strategy and Governance Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Thie Slieau Whallian Foxdale Road St Johns IM4 3AS

Telephone: (01624) 685808 Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im

Our ref: 4486949 26th March 2025

Dear ###,

We write further to your request, received 3 March 2025, which states:

"For each Island Primary and Secondary school I request the following information:

The number of pupils and percentage of school roll in receipt of FSM; and

The number of pupils and percentage of school roll deemed as having EAL; and

The number of pupils and percentage of school roll deemed as having AEN (SEN) and the numbers of AEN (SEN) pupils broken down by degree of need e.g. School Action, School Action +, HLN (Mainstream), HLN (Unit) or such other classifications as are used; and

The number of pupils classified as having dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia and dysgraphia or such other classifications relating to pupils deemed as having 'literacy difficulties' and/or 'numeracy difficulties'; and

The number of pupils recognised as neurodivergent, with numbers by type where held; and

In a) the combined primary sector and b) the combined secondary sector, the number of pupils classed as i) LAC and ii) subject to a CPP."

Our response to your request is as follows:

For each Island Primary and Secondary School I request the following information:
1. The number of pupils and percentage of school roll in receipt of FSM

Please find enclosed appendix one.

2.The number of pupils and percentage of school roll deemed as having EAL

Please see appendix two. By way of advice and assistance the percentage of pupils with EAL relates to pupils with EAL who receive additional support for English, the data does not include children who have EAL but have proficiency in the English language.

1. The number of pupils and percentage of school roll deemed as having AEN (SEN) and the numbers of AEN (SEN) pupils broken down by degree of need e.g. School Action, School Action +, HLN (Mainstream), HLN (Unit) or such other classifications as are used

Please find enclosed information held from December 2024:

Primary Schools – Appendix three Secondary Schools – Appendix four

1. The number of pupils classified as having dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia and dysgraphia or such other classifications relating to pupils deemed as having 'literacy difficulties' and/or 'numeracy difficulties'

Please see below the information held centrally by the Department of Education, Sport and Culture. Please note the following information has been taken from the schools’ Special Educational Needs registers primary area of need category. Not all needs will be recorded on this register, either because the needs are met through the provision ordinarily available in schools, or parents have requested for their child not to be placed on the SEN register.

Primary area of need Primary school pupils Secondary school pupils Literacy 376 308 Numeracy 64 19 Motor skills 26 7 Social Communication 288 230 Self-regulation 137 199

1. The number of pupils recognised as neurodivergent, with numbers by type where held

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find some of the information that you have requested.

1. In a) the combined primary sector and b) the combined secondary sector, the number of pupils classed as i) LAC and ii) subject to a CPP

Looked after Children (LAC) March 2025 Primary – 21 Secondary – 39

Child Protection Plan (CPP) as of the last day of the summer term 2024 are:

Primary – 37 Secondary – 40

By way of advice and assistance the above figures differ almost daily and the above information provided is a snap shot in time.

Please quote the reference number 4486949 in any future communications.

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