School Health Profile

Thurmaston and Cluster Published October 2014

This profile gives a picture of child health in this area. It is designed to help local professionals in government and health services understand the needs of children so they can work to improve children’s health and reduce health inequalities.

1 - Bishop Ellis Catholic Primary 2 - Broomfield Community Primary 3 - Church Hill C of E Junior 4 - Church Hill Infant 5 - Cossington C of E Primary 6 - Eastfield Primary 7 - C of E Primary 8 - Village Primary 9 - St Michael & All Angels C of E Primary 10 - St Peter & St Paul C of E Primary 11 - The Merton Primary Syston 12 - The Pochin School 13 - The Roundhill Academy 14 - C of E Primary 15 -

Key Figures Key Statistics for Thurmaston and Syston Cluster District Cluster Indicator Value Value  The health of people in Charnwood is generally better than the average. Deprivation is lower than average and % BME 21.0% 18.9% life expectancy for women is higher than the England % Pupils eligible for free average. 8.6% 11.6% school meals  The Thurmaston and Syston cluster contains 15 schools, 13 % Pupils where English is not primary schools and 2 secondary schools. 4,408 pupils attend 9.6% 10.5% their first language these schools and 51% are male.  The modelled proportion of children living in poverty is better % School Action pupils 9.0% 8.8%

than the England average. % School Action Plus pupils 4.9% 5.6%

 The modelled percentage of pupils at age 5 achieving a good level of development in the cluster is similar to the England % Pupils registered as SEN 1.2% 2.9% average. with a statement

 The modelled percentages of children with excess weight in % Pupils registered as SEN 13.9% 14.4% Reception and Year 6 are similar to the England average. without a statement

 children still live under this circumstance.

Child Health Survey Responses

SHINT School Health Profile The chart below shows the percentage of the school population The circles show the counts of pupils with medical at Reception age (who completed the SHINT questionnaire) that conditions in the school cluster. The sizes of the circles are have a health concern in the following areas. The numbers proportional to number of pupils with each condition. present in the bars are the counts of pupils

Return rate: 85% N.B. Represents 93% of schools in the cluster

Child Health Summary

The chart below shows how the health of children in this area compares with the rest of England. This area’s result for each indicator is shown as a circle. The average for England is shown by the black line, which is always at the centre of the chart. The range of results for all local areas in England is shown as a grey bar. A red circle means that this area is significantly worse than England for that indicator; however, a green circle may still indicate an important public health problem.

Local Eng Eng Eng Indicator England Range Value Avg Worst Best 1 Income Deprivation (%) 8.8 14.7 49.8 1.1 2 Unemployment (%) 2.4 3.8 16.7 0.3 3 Child Poverty (%) 10.6 21.8 79.8 1.0 4 Child Development at age 5 (%) 63.7 63.5 19.1 95.0 5 GCSE Achievement (5A*-C inc. Eng & Maths) (%) 55.6 58.8 21.0 100.0 6 General Health - bad or very bad (%) 4.6 5.5 16.7 0.0 7 Low Birth Weight Births (%) 7.1 7.4 13.8 1.4 8 Children with excess weight (Reception Year) (%) 20.5 22.5 45.5 6.0 9 Children with excess weight (Year 6) (%) 33.1 33.5 54.1 10.0 10 Children's and young people's admissions for injury 1014.4 1180.9 2647.8 412.7

Indicator Notes 1. % in income deprived households reliant on means tested benefit, 2010 2. % of working age population who are claiming out of work benefit , 2012/13 3. % of children in low income families (children living in families in receipt of out of work benefits or tax credits where their reported income is < 60% median income) for u-16s only, 2010 4. % of pupils achieving a good level of development at age 5, 2011/12 5. % of pupils achieving 5 GCSEs grades A* - C, including English and Maths, 2011/12 6. % of people in very bad health, 2011 7. % of all live births at term with weighing less than 2,500 grams, 2008-12 8. % of measured children in Reception Year who were classified as overweight or obese, 2010/11 – 2012/13 9. % of measured children in Year 6 who were classified as overweight or obese, 2010/11 – 2012/13 10. Hospital admissions caused by unintentional and deliberate injuries to children and young people (aged 0-17 years), 2008/09 – 2012/13

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