Open the Secondary Schools in Lambeth 2013/14 - Lambeth Council

Introduction
Starting secondary school is an
exciting time for your child and
choosing the right secondary
school with your child is an
important step in their academic
career. In Lambeth, we have
many excellent secondary
schools that offer high quality
learning opportunities, excellent
facilities and highly professional
staff dedicated to meeting pupils’
needs. In all our schools great
attention is devoted to
developing well-rounded,
successful and confident young
people. Each school is slightly
different and you should use
every opportunity to visit the
schools, hear what others have
to say about them and read any
websites and external reports
that you can. What is right for
one child may not be right for
another and it is most important
that you and your child choose
the school that will best meet
their needs.
Quality of education
In recent inspections, the vast majority
of secondary schools in Lambeth
were judged ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’.
All schools in Lambeth are improving
year on year. Ofsted reports are
easily available to read online.
Visit www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports or
contact the school directly for a hard
copy. Another measure of the quality
of education is GCSE results.
Lambeth schools continue to improve
and last year’s GCSE results were the
highest ever with 80% of young
Debbie Jones
Executive Director for Children and
Young People’s Services
people achieving 5 A*–C grades
which is above the national average.
Additionally, Lambeth schools
achieved a higher result than the
national average in the measure
of 5+A*–C including English and
mathematics. Lambeth schools
achieved 61% in comparison with
the national average of 59%.
Lambeth schools enable young
people to attain well at the end of
Key Stage 4 and provide a wide
range of extracurricular activities
which support the development
of young people’s sporting
achievement, musical and creative
ability as well as making a
contribution to society.
Education provision
Lambeth schools benefited from the
previous government’s investment
programme ‘Building Schools for the
Future’. By September 2013 we will
have opened three new schools, had
two schools move into new buildings
and carried out refurbishments in
several schools across the borough.
These buildings are designed to
enable staff and pupils to work in
ways that reflect the new demands
Councillor Rachel Heywood
Cabinet Member for Children
and Families
of the curriculum whilst ensuring
young people have access to state
of-the-art IT, sporting and creative
facilities.
Specialist subject provision
All Lambeth mainstream secondary
schools have at least one subject
specialism. This means that they
offer a particular expert focus on a
subject whilst also ensuring that the
curriculum overall is well taught and
resourced. Schools have listed their
specialisms in their admissions
information (see pages 15–53) and
you will find a wide range of subjects
covered across the borough. If your
child has a specific interest in an
area of the curriculum you can
identify a school with a specialism
that may suit your child as one of
your preferences.
Lambeth Council remains committed
to continuously improving and
delivering the best educational
opportunities for children and young
people so that they can achieve their
full potential and play an active and
positive role in society.
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