Pupils in smaller towns have better 教育の attainment on 普通の／平均（する） - ONS
Pupils in small towns in England have better 教育の attainment on 普通の／平均（する） than their peers in larger towns and cities, an 分析 has 示唆するd.
Students from cities outside London ? except from Brighton and Hove ? do いっそう少なく 井戸／弁護士席 than pupils from towns of all sizes across England, によれば 研究 by the Office for 国家の 統計（学） (ONS).
The 分析, which looks at the 教育の attainment of pupils who sat their GCSEs in the 2012 to 2013 school year, said differences in incomes are part of the 推論する／理由 why young people in smaller towns 安全な・保証するd better 結果s.
Smaller towns in England have a higher 普通の／平均（する） attainment 得点する／非難する／２０ partly because a larger 株 of these towns have low levels of income deprivation, the 研究 示唆するd.
The ONS used a 得点する／非難する／２０ that summarises the 教育の attainment of young people at different points throughout their education to compare towns.
A 得点する／非難する／２０ of 0 was the 普通の／平均（する） 得点する／非難する／２０ of all areas, while 消極的な 得点する／非難する／２０s 反映するd poorer than 普通の／平均（する） 業績／成果 and 肯定的な 得点する／非難する／２０s 反映するd better than 普通の／平均（する） attainment.
The 分析 looked at the 教育の attainment of pupils who sat their GCSEs in the 2012 to 2013 school year (PA)
The ONS 分析, which uses Longitudinal Education 結果s (LEO) data collected by the Department for Education (DfE), 結論するd that small towns had an 普通の／平均（する） 得点する／非難する／２０ of 0.4 and large towns had an 普通の／平均（する） 得点する／非難する／２０ of -0.9.
While smaller towns had a better 普通の／平均（する） 得点する／非難する／２０, they also saw the widest 範囲 in 得点する／非難する／２０s, the 研究 設立する.
Thurnscoe in South Yorkshire had a 得点する／非難する／２０ of -10, while Chorleywood in Hertfordshire had a 得点する／非難する／２０ of 9.4.
Just 36% of pupils in Thurnscoe 達成するd five A* to C grade GCSEs 含むing English and Maths in the school year of 2012 to 2013, while 87% did in Chorleywood, the 分析 示唆するd.
の中で the 最高の，を越す 10% of towns in England with the highest 教育の attainment 得点する／非難する／２０s, 非，不，無 had high levels of income deprivation, the ONS said.
The ONS looked at the cohort of students who sat their GCSEs in the 2012 to 2013 school year as “they are the most 最近の pupils for whom data 存在するs on their 進歩 after school, up to age 22 years”.
Richard Prothero, the lead statistician for the ONS 分析, said: “It’s the first time ONS has looked at young people’s 教育の attainment by the size of town in which they went to school.
“Those in smaller towns 一般に did better than those in larger towns, while those in cities, other than London and Brighton and Hove, typically had lower attainment than those in towns.
“One 推論する／理由 for this may be the link between levels of deprivation and 教育の attainment as there tends to be more deprivation in larger towns and cities than in small towns.”
Geoff Barton, general 長官 of the 協会 of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said: “This 分析 論証するs how closely 提携させるd 教育の 結果s are to levels of deprivation.
“Raising attainment is therefore 扶養家族 not only on 確実にするing that schools in areas of high deprivation are 井戸／弁護士席 supported and 資源d, but also on wider 成果／努力s to 取り組む poverty and 改善する 地元の economies.”
Northwood in the London borough of Hillingdon is the small town with the highest 教育の attainment 得点する／非難する／２０ 記録，記録的な／記録するd by the ONS (11.9), followed by East Horsley in Surrey and Olney in Buckinghamshire (both 10.8), then Burley-in-Wharfedale in West Yorkshire (9.9).
For medium-sized towns, Harpenden in Hertfordshire had the highest 得点する／非難する／２０ (11.0), followed by Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire (10.0) and West Bridgford in Nottinghamshire (8.6).
In the ONS large towns 部類, Sutton Coldfield topped the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） (6.4), followed by Solihull (6.1) and St Albans (5.8).
Brighton and Hove is the only city with a 肯定的な attainment 得点する／非難する／２０ (0.7), the ONS 分析 示唆するd.
Along with Thurnscoe, the small towns with the lowest 得点する／非難する／２０s are Sheerness in Kent (-9.8), Newbiggin-by-the-Sea in Northumberland (-9.6) and New Ollerton in Nottinghamshire (-9.4).
の中で medium-sized towns, 広大な／多数の／重要な Yarmouth in Norfolk had the lowest 得点する／非難する／２０ (-7.6), below Havant in Hampshire (-7.1) and Ryde on the 小島 of Wight (-6.7).
Basildon is at the 底（に届く） of the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） for large towns (-5.4), just below Burnley (-4.7) and Hastings (-4.5).
Nottingham and Portsmouth are the cities with the lowest 得点する／非難する／２０ (-4.5).
A Department for Education spokesperson said: “We are 決定するd to 改善する the 質 of education for all children wherever they live, and we have driven up 基準s for pupils since the cohort in this 熟考する／考慮する sat their GCSEs in the 2012/13 academic school year.
“We have identified 55 Education 投資 Areas with the weakest 教育の 結果s where we are making 付加 投資 to 上げる 改良s, 含むing £86 million to support 学院 信用s to develop their capacity to take on underperforming schools.
“We also support the most disadvantaged and 攻撃を受けやすい pupils through pupil 賞与金 基金ing, which is 増加するing to more than £2.9 billion in 2023/24 ? the highest cash 条件 率 since this 基金ing began.”
