In England, the average for those fortunate individuals who leave secondary school with 5 GCSE grades A*-C including Maths and English is 47.2%. The average for secondary school leavers with any 5 A*-C grades in any subjects in England is 64.6%
The figures below paint a picture that is representative of most London boroughs; key here is that any figure that represents 50/100 or less would be deemed unacceptable by the very same institutions who are supposed to be providing the environment for those under 16 years of age to excel. If a pupil is classified as a failure by the school system and criteria for marking that underpins the curriculum, he/she is left to fend for themselves and told that they are 'not good enough'. In comparison to those few who excel; these young adults are deemed failures before their lives have even begun. Schools and other institutions who commit the crime of failing an entire generation and subsequently an entire community by failing to create an environment that nurtures learning are allowed to function year after year. Failing more and more people. This, in a developed modern society should be totally unacceptable. Yet the few, those who are in a position to excel and in no position to fail, continue to deny the rights of the many to a universal education.
The table below is indicative of the problems people face in London and across the country. Isolated cases of success exist in the same sphere as abject failures. The current system allows for these extremes to exist. Why? Those children who attend the London Oratory or the Lady Margaret Schools do so in the knowledge that they are amongst the privileged few. Elitism has entered the education system.
Youth provision is on the agenda at a meeting tomorrow arranged by the Community Relations Group in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. S.A.A.N will look to raise these discrepancies in the system and hope that those in power take the position that when it comes to the future of the young in the borough that action speaks louder than words.
The figures below paint a picture that is representative of most London boroughs; key here is that any figure that represents 50/100 or less would be deemed unacceptable by the very same institutions who are supposed to be providing the environment for those under 16 years of age to excel. If a pupil is classified as a failure by the school system and criteria for marking that underpins the curriculum, he/she is left to fend for themselves and told that they are 'not good enough'. In comparison to those few who excel; these young adults are deemed failures before their lives have even begun. Schools and other institutions who commit the crime of failing an entire generation and subsequently an entire community by failing to create an environment that nurtures learning are allowed to function year after year. Failing more and more people. This, in a developed modern society should be totally unacceptable. Yet the few, those who are in a position to excel and in no position to fail, continue to deny the rights of the many to a universal education.
The table below is indicative of the problems people face in London and across the country. Isolated cases of success exist in the same sphere as abject failures. The current system allows for these extremes to exist. Why? Those children who attend the London Oratory or the Lady Margaret Schools do so in the knowledge that they are amongst the privileged few. Elitism has entered the education system.
Youth provision is on the agenda at a meeting tomorrow arranged by the Community Relations Group in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. S.A.A.N will look to raise these discrepancies in the system and hope that those in power take the position that when it comes to the future of the young in the borough that action speaks louder than words.
Hammersmith and Fulham: GCSE and A-level results for 2007-2008
School | Type | Number of KS4 pupils at start of school year | % pupils achieving 5 A*-C including English and maths | Average GCSE/ GNVQ point score per student | KS2-KS4 value added measure | Number of eligible students aged 16-18 | Average A-level, AS and level 3 key skills student score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Muntada Islamic | IND MIXED | 3 | * | * | |||
| Burlington Danes Academy | AC COMP MIXED | 164 | 41 | 342.2 | 986.4 | - | - |
| Fulham Cross Girls' & Language | CY COMP GIRLS | 114 | 48 | 424.3 | 1022.4 | ||
| The Godolphin & Latymer | IND GIRLS | 103 | 0 | 313.9 | 100 | 1002.1 | |
| Henry Compton | CY COMP BOYS | 124 | 31 | 316.5 | 980.1 | ||
| Hurlingham & Chelsea | CY COMP MIXED | 136 | 36 | 438.1 | 1036.8 | ||
| Lady Margaret | VA COMP GIRLS | 88 | 85 | 455.6 | 1019.2 | 76 | 856.9 |
| Latymer Upper | IND MIXED | 144 | 1 | 377.9 | 160 | 983.5 | |
| The London Oratory | VA COMP BOYS | 193 | 82 | 507.9 | 1016.3 | 161 | 854.8 |
| Phoenix High | CY COMP MIXED | 110 | 44 | 394 | 1065.4 | ||
| Ravenscourt Theatre | IND MIXED | 20 | 0 | 169 | 2 | * | |
| Sacred Heart High | VA COMP GIRLS | 152 | 88 | 541 | 1039.1 | ||
| St James Senior Girls' | IND GIRLS | 41 | 0 | 297.9 | 23 | 876.2 | |
| St Paul's Girls' | IND GIRLS | 96 | 0 | 464.3 | 101 | 1049.6 | |
| Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College | GFEC NA | 605 | 612.1 | ||||
| William Morris Sixth Form | CY NA MIXED | 118 | 628.3 |
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