Issue 04: August 2004
Improving education in Kensington and Chelsea remains at
the top of the Council's list of priorities. It aims to make the
borough's schools the best in the country. To achieve this it
wants to carry on the improvements it has overseen in both primary
and secondary schools; and it wants to build a new school in
Chelsea.
In Issue 04 of RBKC Direct we look at the record of achievement
of the borough's schools and the Council's vision for the future.
We also summarise the changes to the Admissions' System and how
this will affect parents and children.
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Building on excellence: a brighter future |
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The latest performance figures show schools in Kensington and
Chelsea are among the best in the country. The 'value added' tables
place the borough's schools at the top of the class and OFSTED
inspection reports confirm that many young people in the borough
receive an excellent education.
Despite all the good news though, schools still face the
challenge of delivering a 21st century curriculum. The gap
between the number of children in the borough and the number of
secondary school places is widening. So does the Council have a plan
to tackle these critical issues?
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Building a future: Holland Park School |
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Holland Park School needs to step into the 21st century.
Buildings that were state-of-the-art in the 1950s are now
holding this ambitious school back.
The Council wants to invest in a new Holland Park School.
Not a refurbishment, but a total rebuild. Right now this is
still a wish. No final decisions have been taken. But the
Council believes there are compelling reasons to take the
decision to transform the Holland Park School site. |
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And finally: a new school for Chelsea |
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 All four of Kensington and Chelsea's secondary schools are
full, and heavily oversubscribed. As a result more and more
students are forced to travel out of the borough for their
secondary education.
In a few years the shortfall in secondary school places in the
borough is projected to reach 1,000. The Council recognises this
is unacceptable and it has a simple solution - to build a new
secondary school in Chelsea.
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Pan-London admissions' system |
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a secondary school for your child in London can be a tricky
business. Currently many parents apply to several schools, often
in more than one borough. Consequently, many of these parents will
receive offers of places at more than one school.
Other parents,
however, initially receive no offer of a school place at all. In
this issue of RBKC Direct, we explain the Government's new system
for London schools.
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