Children in Southwark Southwark Overview—Lagos, January 2011 Delivered by Chris Souvlis on behalf of Southwark LA
Dec 31, 2015
Children in Southwark
Southwark Overview—Lagos, January 2011Delivered by Chris Souvlis on behalf of Southwark LA
An inner London Borough
Location of the Greater London Mayor’s Office
Location of famous Tower Bridge
Thriving Cultural & Tourist area
--But also dense housing and areas of great deprivation
An area of contrasts...
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Child Population• 55,000 Children aged 0-16 live in
Southwark
• Nearly 37,000 go to school in Southwark
• 4 in 10 are eligible for free school meals compared to just over 1 in 10 nationally
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Southwark Classroom25-30 pupilsMixture of provision• community schools• Church schools• foundation schools• academies Improving IT infrastructureOne teacher plus one or more teaching
assistants4.5 - 5 hours of teaching a dayCore curriculum but freedom over deliveryFormal testing, nationally reported at 4, 8,11,
14,16 and 18. New Government means change is underway.
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Schools in Southwark
36,730Total
176PRUs (3)
452Special (7)
4,711Academies* (6)
8,333Secondary* (9)
22,540Primary (72)
518Nursery (5)
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School Population
30%
26%
14%
7%
6%
5%
12%
Black African
White British
Black Caribbean
Mixed
Chinese
Asian
Other
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Child Population
• 40% first exposed to a language other than English at home (EAL)
• 1 in 3 pupils at the end of primary school joined their school after their peers
• 587 Children are looked after by Southwark
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Languages
• How many different languages are spoken in Southwark schools?
a) 8b) 59c) 174d) 576
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What the School Minister says about Southwark Schools
“Congratulations… the results published today show that Southwark has seen some of the most improved results in the country. More children in Southwark than ever before reached the target level 4 in English and Maths… the results we see today in Southwark are not just a fluke, but the result of a sustained effort by teachers and heads to make sure every pupil gets the support they need to do well.”
Andrew Adonis (7 August 2007)
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Key Stage 2 English
KS2 % Level 4+ English
75 7578 79 79
7075 77 79 80
6671 69
72 7460
70
80
90
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
%
National
London
Southwark
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Key Stage 3 Maths
KS3 % Level 5+ Maths
67 71 73 74 77
61 63 62 6574
4652
58 61 65
304050
607080
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
%
National
London
Southwark
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Key Stage 4 – GCSE and Equivalent
% 5+ A*-C at GCSE
52 53 54 57 59
49 51 53 55 57
36 40 4247 49
203040
506070
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
%
% 5+ A*-C at GCSE including English & Maths
42 42 43 45 46
41 43 45
25 26 29 32 34
2030
4050
60
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
%
National
London
Southwark
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A-level and Equivalent Results
A-Level APS per student
259 269 278 276
223 234 245 258
148 153184 191
140
190
240
290
2003 2004 2005 2006
UC
AS
Po
ints
National
London
Southwark
A = 120B = 100C = 80D = 60E = 40
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Issues• Large number of new arrivals at any one time• Low levels of income• Expectations of children often too low• Large proportion of social housing• Underinvestment in council property going back many years
• Outcomes rapidly improving• £400m invested in secondary schools 2002-2015• £150m in primary schools
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Learning Opportunities for Young People in Southwark
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Life in and around Life in and around SouthwarkLife in and around Southwark
Schools
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Housing
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Tourism & Culture
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Goldsmiths• --is a constituent college of the University of London. Based in
New Cross, London, Goldsmiths specialises in the teaching and research of creative, cultural and cognitive disciplines.
• The institution was founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute. It was acquired by the University of London in 1904 and was renamed Goldsmiths' College. The word 'College' was dropped from its branding in 2006, but "Goldsmiths' College", with the apostrophe, remains the institution's formal legal name.
• Goldsmiths is best known for courses and research relating to creativity and culture—design, media studies, music, sociology, psychology…and teacher training.
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