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27 January 2012

Press release number:PR1688

diversity teamRedbridge has been named as one of the top 10 local authorities in England for the quality of its state schools according to a recent study.

A study by the thinktank CentreForum ranked Redbridge as the fourth most “over performing” local authority in terms of school quality by adjusting factors including poverty, ethnicity, a child’s first language and gender, which tend to skew exam performance.

The research looked at GCSE results for more than 600,000 pupils who sat exams in summer 2010, combining this with data about children’s achievement in earlier years. The study did not include private schools.

 

This news was welcomed by Cllr Alan Weinberg, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services who said, “To be recognised by such an important piece of research as one of the top 10 local authorities in the country for the quality of our schools is exceptional.

“We strive to give our young people the best possible education whatever background they are from and I’m pleased this has been highlighted. This comes on the back of the most recent secondary school performance tables which shows the majority of students are performing above the national average. Students, teachers, parents and staff are all to be applauded for the great efforts they put in each year to set such high standards.”

This year Redbridge pupils produced an impressive set of results with 68.5 per cent of students achieving five A* to C grades including English and mathematics – 9.6 per cent above the national average.

Nine of the Borough schools also increased the percentage of students achieving A* to C including English and mathematics.

More than 50 per cent of our students achieved an A*, A or B in English and mathematics which is nine per cent higher than the national average in English and 14.6 per cent higher in mathematics.

Disadvantaged students which included those on free school meals and children looked after is significantly better in Redbridge than across the country. The gap between those pupils and other students achieving five A* to C including English and mathematics is 5.1 per cent narrower in Redbridge.