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Children in Southwark

Southwark Overview—Las Palmas, January 2012 Prep visit. Children in Southwark. 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

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Children in Southwark

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  1. Southwark Overview—Las Palmas, January 2012 Prep visit Children in Southwark

  2. 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...

  3. 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

  4. Southwark Classroom 25-30 pupils Mixture of provision community schools Church schools foundation schools academies Improving IT infrastructure One teacher plus one or more teaching assistants 4.5 - 5 hours of teaching a day Core curriculum but freedom over delivery Formal testing, nationally reported at 4, 8,11, 14,16 and 18. New Government means change is underway.

  5. Schools in Southwark Nursery (5)‏ 518 Primary (72)‏ 22,540 Secondary* (9)‏ 8,333 Academies* (6)‏ 4,711 Special (7)‏ 452 PRUs (3)‏ 176 Total 36,730

  6. School Population

  7. 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

  8. Languages How many different languages are spoken in Southwark schools? 8 59 174 576

  9. 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

  10. Learning Opportunities for Young People in Southwark

  11. Life in and around Southwark Life in and around Life in and around Southwark Schools

  12. Housing

  13. Tourism & Culture

  14. 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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