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Achievement of EAL Pupils Like many other inner London Boroughs, Lambeth has a high proportion of pupils whose first language is not English. Our analysis of attainment data shows that most of our bilingual pupils with low levels of English fluency (stages 1and 2) have been in KS1 and KS2. However, by the time that they reach secondary school far fewer are at this level. In fact bilingual pupils who are fully fluent in English have tended to outperform pupils who are English speakers only. School Exclusions Reducing permanent exclusions remain a priority for CYPS. In 2008, the exclusion rate in Lambeth was 0.18% of the whole school population compared with 0.12% nationally, mostly involving secondary school pupils. 66% were male pupils. At 46%, Caribbean pupils still represent a disproportionate number compared to their composition in the general population. There is also a disproportionate number of pupils special educational need but who do not have a statement who were excluded. They comprised the biggest percentage of pupils excluded at 61% compared with the national figure of 79%. Youth Offending We have had some success in both reducing the numbers of black boys entering the criminal justice system and the rate of which BME youths on ISSP have been reconvicted for further offences. 169 (data to be verified) BME youths entered the criminal justice system in Lambeth in 2009/10 compared to 364 in 2008/09. The rate of re-offending by BME youths on ISSP has reduced from an average of 8.8 offences over a two year period to 3.7 offences. (To be updated) The prevention service within the YOS targets those most at risk of offending, in our context that is primarily black boys, the work done with these boys by both the YOS and services commissioned by the partnership in sensitive to both the cultural needs of the families and risk factors that they present. The YOS and its partners are representative of the client group in terms of ethnicity. The partnership are required to produce a new youth crime reduction strategy within the current planning cycle and the issue of the over representation of young people will be at the centre of that document. Improving the accessibility to, and engagement with universal services for children and young people with disabilities and their families There were 775 children and young people on the ICOUNT Register at October 2009, though the mid-2007 ONS population estimate suggest that the number of children and young people with disabilities could be nearer 1,100; a prevalence rate of 1.9%. There are ethnic differences in the rate and type of disability/special needs. 63% of those on the ICOUNT register are from BME groups; 23% were Black African and 19% were Black Caribbean. There are increasing numbers of children with additional needs registering on the ICOUNT Register. Overall, the incidence of SEN in Lambeth has also risen in the last 6 years, especially at School Action Plus, from 8.4% in 2005 to 11.5% of the school 54
population in 2008. National studies suggest that by 2021, 10 per cent of people with a learning disability will be from minority ethnic communities. We need to know directly from young with disabilities what they think the problems and solutions are. The needs of children and young people are being addressed through the Children Trust Arrangements. The Children with Disabilities Team support. The Common Assessment Framework and Team Around the Child both help identify and meet needs early. LGBT young people and access to services The key objective as part of the new Youth Strategy centring on LGBT is to decrease homophobia at centres through education and the YSS anti-bullying policy. There is partnership working with the THT, Stonewall and the Opportunities Fund to deliver targeted services. This will be heavily dependent on encouraging LGBT participation at centres. Currently there are only 25 LGBT clients engaged with the mainstream service. CYPS will continue these to explore different ways to engage with LGBT young people through LGBT trained outreach workers and club based workers. In terms of addressing homophobic attitudes at centres and amongst workers, there is a partnership agreement with the Terrance Higgins Trust (THT) whereby a targeted youth support worker has been based at the THT as part of the NRG project. 2010-11 will see expansion and commissioning for recruitment of two youth workers. Amongst other activities, they will be responsible for implementing LGBT training. Arrangements will also be made with THT to deliver LGBT training to staff in all youth services, including Connexions and Corporate Parenting. LGBT is an area covered during induction training. The training will also be communicated to existing staff so that it can help to promote a cultural shift and raise community awareness. THT also have expertise in the area of homelessness through the NRG project which is linked in with Stonewall. Stonewall is a housing organisation which has workers with LGBT training enabling them to deal with the additional issues that may arise when trying to secure accommodation with an LGBT service user. Work will continue as part of the Youth Opportunity Fund, encouraging applications from LGBT young people or projects aimed at assisting LGBT young people. In addition, a review of the LGBT programmes of Westminster and Brighton was undertaken to learn from other authorities regarding best practice on helping to remove homophobic culture within programmes. Narrowing the NEET gaps for different groups of young people defined by ethnic background, gender, disability, and vulnerability status, e.g. young offenders and care leavers 55
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Page 5 and 6: We have made progress in: Tar
Page 7 and 8: 3. The Lambeth context Lambeth has
Page 9 and 10: The golden thread for CYPS: Lambeth
Page 11 and 12: 5. Our Key Achievements in 2009/10
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Page 27 and 28: Recruit and retain more social work
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