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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