South Thanet Labour Party
Working for the people of the South Thanet Constituency
Improving education under Labour
EDUCATION – KEY ACHIEVEMENTS 1997-2010
Per pupil spending, doubled from £2,500 to well over £5,000!
Results:
Primary:
English up from 65% to 79% since 1998 and Maths up from 59% to 76%.
95,000 more 11-year olds now achieving the target level in English and 83,000 more in Maths at KS2 compared to 1997.
Since 1998 primary schools in the areas of highest poverty have improved at nearly twice the rate of schools in the most affluent areas.
In 1997 nearly half of primary schools were achieving below 65% in English and mathematics – now four out of five primary schools are achieving above this level.
Over 58% of pupils achieve 5 good GCSEs compared to 45% in 1997.
The number of all-ability secondary's with fewer than a quarter of pupils gaining 5 good GCSEs down from 616 in 1997 to 62 in 2006; in 2005 the number of all-ability secondary's where 70% or more pupils gain 5 good GCSEs has risen six-fold to 517, up from 83
Only 1 London borough now has fewer than 46% of pupils achieving five good GCSEs, whereas in 1997 nearly two thirds (23) of London boroughs were achieving below this level.
Academies have seen a 4.2%pt improvement in the proportion of 15 year olds gaining 5 good GCSEs (up to 41%) – over twice the national average.
Schools:
Record teacher numbers - 36,400 more since 1997 with 287,100 support staff
As much new school building since 2001 as there was in the preceding 25 years.
Renewing or rebuilding every state secondary school
46 Academies open as of Sept 2006; 200 by 2010
82% of secondary schools are now specialist with over 2.6 million pupils attending
More than 1,500 failing schools turned around.
Early Years:
Doubled the number of registered childcare places stood at over 1.26 million (almost double the 1997 level).
1000 Children’s Centres open with one in every community by 2010
£3bn investment in Sure Start
Further/Higher:
Since 1997/98, the number of young people from low participation neighbourhoods going to University is up by 7,000 (+26%).
255,000 young people on Apprenticeship programmes (compared to 75,000 in ‘97)
Since April 2000 launch, nearly 2.1 million learners have enrolled on nearly 5 million learn direct courses
To contact us:
South Thanet Labour Party office,
30 Newington Rd.,
Ramsgate,
Kent,
CT12 6EE
Email: South Thanet Labour Party