Supporting young people in the
City fringes to improve their achievement during their
education is an essential part of the City of London Corporation’s
aspiration to improve skill levels and enable greater numbers of
local people to access employment within the City.
The
City fringes face some considerable challenges in this
area:
- In England, 49.8% of pupils achieved 5 or more grades A*-C
including English and maths GCSEs in 2009. In the same year,
an average of 50.1% of pupils in the City fringes achieved the
same. http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/performancetables/
- 19.4% of secondary school pupils in City fringes have special
educational needs, compared to 12.4% of secondary school students
in England.
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/performancetables/
The City of London Corporation is, therefore, committed to
working with educational bodies in neighbouring boroughs, including
Local Education Authorities, Education Business Partnerships and
charities to increase academic attainment by secondary school
pupils the City Fringe area. To find out more about current City of
London projects and activities benefiting City Fringe schools,
please follow the links to the left.