1. Southwark School’s Visit to Lagos May 2012
Children in Southwark
Southwark School’s Visit to Lagos May 2012

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

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. 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 4

5. Life in and around Southwark
Schools

6. Housing

7. Learning Opportunities for Young People in Southwark

9. 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
hours of teaching a day
Core curriculum but freedom over delivery
Formal testing, nationally reported at 4, 8,11, 14,16 and 18.

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

11. School Population

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

13. 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
£150m in primary schools