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Education and leisure Kirklees Factsheets 2017 Schools and teachers November 2015 16 - 18 Education Funding Agency Learners in 2016/17 Primary Middle* Secondary/All through Special Other** Total Number of schools 142 3 25 6 5 181 Number of Number of teachers establishments 9 (Full time equivalent) 1,911.3 96.7 1,607.8 105.4 37.8 3,759 Name of Source: Department for Education School Workforce data. establishment No. of students * Middle includes BBG Academy. **Other includes nursery only schools and pupil referral units. Academies and foundation schools are included in the data above. Further education colleges Number of pupils in schools 2003 - 2017 GCSE examination results 2016 (including in Kirklees 7,700 50000 special schools) School Sixth Form, 45000 Academies and Kirklees 40000 Percentage of pupils achieving 5+ A*-C grades Creative & Media School 35000 30000 Ethnicity Boys Girls All in Kirklees LA 1,800 25000 Asian/Asian British - Bangladeshi 42.9 66.7 50.0 20000 Source: 14-19, Adult Learning and Skills; Directorate Primary* 41,446 pupils Asian/Asian British - Indian 71.6 84.4 78.0 15000 for Children and Adults. All data is provisional only, Middle/Secondary** 25,557 pupils 10000 Asian/Asian British - Any Asian Background 44.7 71.4 54.2 not final year end 5000 Asian/Asian British - Pakistani 45.7 60.0 53.0 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Black/Black British - African 56.3 50.0 52.9 Source: School Census January 2016 *Includes nursery units. Includes pupils in Year Black/Black British - Caribbean 30.0 61.9 46.3 The University of Huddersfield 6 or below at all-through schools. Exludes Primary PRU. ** Includes pupils in Year 7 Black/Black British - Any Other Background 50.0 75.0 60.0 or above at all-through schools. Chinese 100.0 85.7 90.0 Number of students, 2015/2016 Youth centres 2017 Other Mixed Background 37.5 50.0 43.5 Undergraduate All our youth centres have now closed as Integrated Mixed - White and Asian 43.6 50.0 46.2 (full time) 13,205 Mixed - White and Black African 40.0 66.7 57.1 Youth Support Service went through a review and the Undergraduate Mixed - White and Black Caribbean 38.0 50.0 44.0 service finished on the 31st March 2017. (part time) 1,780 Information Not Obtained 0.0 25.0 14.3 Any Other Ethnic Group 38.9 53.8 45.2 Postgraduate Catering in schools 2016/17 Refused 20.0 57.1 41.7 (full time) 1,775 Catering days 189 (avg White - British 55.8 68.5 62.2 Postgraduate Primary 4,931,084 White - Irish 66.7 75.0 71.4 (part time) 2,695 Secondary 1,946,864 White - Any Other Background 47.2 51.2 48.9 Total 19,270 Roma/Roma Gypsy 0.0 0.0 0.0 Special 67,392 Source: High Education Statistics Agency. Total main meals served in schools (pupil No’s only) 6,945,340 Total 57.5 71.2 64.3 Per day 36,539 Source: National Consortium for Examination Results. Source: Resources Directorate (PRP). 18 Kirklees Factsheets 2017 Sports & Physical Activity Development Sporting Facilities (Public and Private) Museums and Galleries 2015/16 2016/17 2017 Number of Visitors 2015/16 2016/17 Grass Pitches 477 No of people accessing the Bagshaw Museum 33,436 29,929 Health Referral / recommendation Sports Hall 87 Dewsbury Museum** 20,177 11,019 programmes 6000+ 4000+ Tennis Courts 57 Oakwell Hall* 11,959 8,876 Health and Fitness Suite 46 Oakwell Visitor Centre 80,644 72,999 Practice Activity and Leisure Scheme (PALS) Studio 44 Oakwell Countryside Centre 18,644 16,318 2016/17 Squash Courts 29 Red House Museum** 6,604 6,223 PALS is a GP referral scheme resulting in 88% PALS active at 12 Swimming Pool 22 Tolson Museum 39,150 37,490 months with resultant health and wellbeing gains e.g. reduced pain, Artificial Grass Pitch 20 Huddersfield Art Gallery 22,724 22,694 increased mobility, increased independence, reduced isolation. Golf 14 Batley Art Gallery# 10,466 n/a There are 28 weekly specialist PALS activity sessions delivered across Kirklees with 5000+ attendances per quarter. Athletic tracks 4 Outreach 35 382 Source: Active Places Power, top 10 facility types. Total 243,839 205,930 Active for Life 2016/17 Number of class visits 430 348 Community Engagement & Cohesion Number of school pupils 7,301 5,823 Active for Life is a GP referral scheme for people with severe/enduring *Oakwell Hall closed for essential works Nov 2016 mental health issues. As a result of participating in Active for Life ( Community Engagement Projects 2015/16 2016/17 referral scheme for people with severe/enduring mental health issues) ** Dewsbury Museum closed permanently November 2016 & Total number of projects delivered 1,146 1,078 Red House Museum closed permanently December 2016. 77% of those taking part reported that their confidence to exercise had Total number of people involved 29,350 27,891 Changes in schools curriculum have impacted school increased, 84% felt their emotional and mental health to be “good” visits to Museum sites. or “very good”, 69% felt that participation in physical activity/exercise Community group support #Visitor numbers no longer collected. had been directly responsible for improvements in their self- esteem No of community groups supported 452 391 and 57% felt that participation had helped them meet new people and Libraries and Information Centres increase their social network. Public and town halls 2015/16 2016/2017 Number of bookings 2015/16 2016/17 No of Visitors 1,873,386 1,500,032 Volunteers Batley Town Hall 470 447 No of enquiries 898,086 No longer 2015/16 2016/17 Cleckheaton Town Hall 1,040 1,003 collected Volunteers trained 757 691 Dewsbury Town Hall 1,088 880 Total book stock# 550,827 474,415 No of active volunteers 204 167 Huddersfield Town Hall 2,720 2,442 Total book issues 1,165,193 944,412 No of volunteer hours provided 15,440 14,088 Our other venues 7,442* Total non book issues 86,120 19,928 Groups/clubs supported 278 185 Total 8,858 12,214 ICT no of uses 250,953 205,243 Source: Kirklees Sport and Physical Development Team No. of public performances in the 4 Town Halls 257 243 No of public access PC’s 207 179 *not including libraries Virtual visits 275,892 348,619 #Book stock only (no audio). 19.
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