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1. Qualification Levels H2 a) Annual Population Survey H2 b) Census 2011 H3 2. Education Provision In The District: H4 a) Pre-School H4 b) Primary, Secondary and Special Schools H4 c) Independent Schools H4 3. School Population H5 a) Number of pupils by year group H5 b) Pupil characteristics H5 c) Pupil Ethnicity H6 4. Early Years Performance H6 a) Prime Learning Goals H6 b) Specific Learning Goals H7 5. Performance: H7 a) Key Stage 2: Year 6 Level 4 and above in Reading, Writing and Maths H7 b) High Achieving and Overall Value Added H8 6. Performance H9 a) Key Stage 4: GCSE, Baccalaureate and Best 8 Value Added H9 7. Post-16 Attainment: H12 a) A-Level and Vocational Attainment H12 8. Ofsted Inspections H13 9. Further Education Providers H14 10. Skills For The Future H14 11. Not In Employment, Education Or Training (NEETs) H14

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1. QUALIFICATION LEVELS a) Annual Population Survey

Qualifications Levels in the Dover District (January - December 2014) 100 90 80

70 60 50 40

Percentage (%) Percentage 30 20 10 0 NVQ4 and NVQ3 and NVQ2 and NVQ1 and Other No above above above above Qualifications Qualifications Dover 28.6 49.8 67.5 83.8 8.5 7.7 32.4 55.9 73.9 87.3 6.1 6.6 South East 39.1 60.5 77.1 89.2 5.2 5.6 Great Britain 36 56.7 73.3 85 6.2 8.8

Source: ONS annual population survey

• Skill levels and educational attainment in the resident population in the district are generally low compared to county, region and national averages: o 19,400 people (28.6%) are educated to NVQ4 and above. o 33,800 people (49.8%) are educated to NVQ3 and above o 45,700 people (67.5%) are educated to NVQ2 and above o 56,900 people (83.8%) are educated to NVQ1 and above o 5,700 people (8.5%) have other qualifications o 5,200 people (7.7%) do not have any qualifications.

• The percentage of people Qualification Levels in the Dover District in the Dover district with no Time series 2010 - 2014 qualifications has fallen 100 overall from 9.1% in 2010 to 7.7% in 2014. 90 • The percentage of people 80 in the Dover district

70 qualified to NVQ4 and NVQ4 and above above also shows a fall 60 from 29.7% in 2010 to NVQ3 and above 50 28.6% in 2014. However, 40 NVQ2 and above this has picked up from

Percentage (%) Percentage NVQ1 and above 18.2% in 2012. 30 • It should be noted that 20 No Qualifications sample sizes at district level are fairly small, and 10 district-level time series for 0 workforce qualifications Jan-Dec Jan-Dec Jan-Dec Jan-Dec Jan-Dec can be volatile. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Source: ONS annual population survey

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• The Census also collated Highest level of qualification: information on Census 2011

qualifications gained by 35 residents aged 16 and 30 25 over in the Dover district. 20 It is a count of all people 15 and households and thus 10

the information collated (%) Percentage 5 is very comprehensive. 0 • The ONS Annual Population Survey (APS) referred to above uses a sampling method of the population aged 16-64 years old. Therefore it is Dover Kent not possible to make

comparisons of the Source: ONS 2011 census QS501EW; results from these two different data sources.

Qualifications Gained, Census 2011 45

40

35

30

25

20

Percentage (%) Percentage 15

10

5

0 Apprenticeship No qualifications No Foreign qualifications BTEC Higher Level Advanced Diploma nursing, accountancy) Foundation Diploma example MA, PhD, PGCE) examplePhD, MA, Baccalaureate AdvancedDiploma Other vocational/work-related qualifications levels/VCEs, Higher Diploma, Welsh… NVQ NVQ Level 1, Foundation GNVQ, Basic Skills 5+ O level(Passes)/CSEs (Grade1)/GCSEs5+ O 2+ A levels/VCEs, 4+ AS levels, Higher levels,School levels/VCEs,2+4+ A AS NVQ Level 3, AdvancedGNVQ, and Guilds Level3, City NVQ Professional qualifications (for example teaching, NVQ Level 4-5, HNC, HND, RSA Higher Diploma, HNC, HND, Level4-5, NVQ Degree (forBSc),BA,Degree example Higher (for degree Craft, First/General BTEC RSA Diploma Diploma, Advanced Craft, ONC, OND, BTEC National, RSA NVQ Level 2, Intermediate Level2, NVQ GNVQ,and Guilds City Certificate, Progression/Advanced Diploma, Welsh (Grades A*-C), School Certificate, 1 A level/2-3 AS 1-4 1-4 O levels/CSE/GCSEs (any grades), Entry Level,

Dover Kent South East England

Source: ONS 2011 census QS502EW; This table provides information that classifies usual residents aged 16 and over by qualifications gained, for England and Wales, as at census day.

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2. EDUCATION PROVISION IN THE DOVER DISTRICT

a) Pre-School

0-4 Year Provision (January 2015) Number of Nursery School / Units Number of Early Years Settings Children’s Centres 3 79 7

b) Primary, Secondary and Special Schools

State Funded Schools (February 2014) • There are 52 Secondary and Primary Schools in the Total Primary 41 Dover district, 14 of which are academies (8 Primary Total Secondary 09 and 6 Secondary); this is up from 12 in 2013. Total Secondary & Primary 52 • There are also two special schools in the district (1 x Total incl. Community Special Schools 54 Behaviour & Learning SEN need and 1 x behavioural, Source: KCC - KELSI, Management Information Emotional & Social SEN need).

Number of Primary Schools in the Number of Secondary Schools in the Dover District by school type - Dover District by school type - January January 2015 2015

Academy Infant (1) Grammar (1) Academy Junior (1) Academy High (4)

Academy Primary (6) Academy – Wide Ability (1)

Infant (1) Grammar (2)

Wide Ability (1) Junior (1)

Primary (31)

Source: KCC - KELSI, Management Information Source: KCC - KELSI, Management Information

Primary Schools Secondary Schools

• There are 41 Primary Schools in the district • There are nine Secondary Schools in the district, with with 8,343 pupils enrolled. Total roll has 7,658 pupils enrolled. Total roll has decreased from increased from 7.956 in 2013 and 8,164 in 8,042 in 2013 and 7,831 in 2014. 2014. • Six Secondary Schools are academies, two of which • Eight Primary Schools are now academies, one are sponsor-led. of which is sponsor-led. This is up from six in • Secondary Capacity is 8,155 February 2014. • Primary Capacity is 8,912.

Special Schools

• 156 children attend one of the two Special Schools in the district.

c) Independent Schools in the Dover District

Independent schools (also known as ‘private schools’) charge fees to attend instead of being funded by the government. Pupils do not have to follow the national curriculum. All private schools must be registered with the government and the following independent schools in the Dover district are listed on the Department for Education website:

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Name Type Age Range Beech Grove School, Nonington Other Independent School 6-19 years Brewood Secondary School, Deal Other Independent Special School 11-18 years , Dover Other Independent School 3-18 years DSFAN Limited, Dover (now closed) Other Independent School 3-18 years Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary, Deal Other Independent Special School 11-18 years Northbourne Park School, Betteshanger, Deal Other Independent School 3-13 years Ripplevale School, Deal Other Independent Special School 6-18 years Sallygate School, Dover Other Independent Special School 8-17 years St Faith's School, Ash Other Independent School 2-11 years Source: Department for Education

3. SCHOOL POPULATION

a) Number of pupils by year group Number of Pupils in the Dover District by Year Group, January 2015 • At the time of the January School 1600 Census 2015, there are a total of 1400 1200 16,157 pupils in school (nursery 1000 years through to Year 14) the 800 600 Dover Distict. The chart to the left Number 400 shows the total number of pupils 200 0 in each Year Group. • Of the Year 11 leavers in 2014, 1,259 pupils (86.4%) continued in Year 9 Year 8 Year 7 Year 6 Year 5 Year 4 Year 3 Year 2 Year 1 Year R Year 14 Year 13 Year 12 Year 11 Year 10 education either in school or college. 33 pupils (2.3%) became Nursery Years Nursery Not in Education, Employment or Source: KCC - KELSI, Management Information Training (NEET). b) Pupil Characteristics Pupil Charactierists • Of the total number of January 2015 pupils in the district, 20 7.7% do not have English as their first 15 16.3 15.1 15.5 language, which is lower 13.2 10 than the average for 11.1 Kent (9.4%). This has 10.1 9.4 7.7 risen from 6.4% in 2010. 5 National figures are not 2.6 2.8 2.8 available. 0 • 15.5% of pupils in the AEN - no AEN - with Free School Meals English not as a district are eligible for (%) Pupils Total of Percentage Statement Statement first language free school meals, Dover Kent National compared to 13.2% across Kent and 16.3 Source: KCC - KELSI, Management Information nationally. • In the Dover district, 10.1% of pupils have Additional Educational Needs (AEN) with no statement and 2.6% have AEN with a statement in place. This is lower than the averages for Kent and nationally. • In 2014, 17.2% of pupils were reported to have Special Educational Needs (14.8% without a statement and 2.4% with a statement). In 2010, 21.7% of pupils had Special Educational Needs (SEN) with no statement and 2.5% with statement.

Leadership Support Team: State of the District 2015: Education and Skills Page H5 c) Pupil Ethnicity Pupil Ethnicity in the Dover District - January 2015 • The majority of pupils (92.5%) in the Dover district White (92.5%) are White (including White Asian or Asian British (1.9%) British, Irish, Black or Black British (0.6%) Gypsy Roma, Traveller of Irish Mixed / Dual Background Heritage). This is (3.3%) higher than the Chinese (0.3%) average for Kent (88.1%) and Any Other Ethnic Group (0.5%) nationally (75.8%). Refused (0.5%) • Of these, 87.1% of pupils in the district Not Obtained / Not Stated are White British, (0.3%) compared to 81.1% in Kent and 69.8% nationally.

Source: KCC - KELSI, Management Information

• In 2013/14, there were 69 reported racial incidents in the Dover district (19 Primary, 27 Secondary and 23 Special). However, this figure may be underreported as, across Kent, 98 schools did not return the 2013/14 Survey. • With regards to bullying, KCC conducted an on-line pupil bullying survey in November 2014. This shows that, of the 291 primary school pupils in the Dover district that responded, 44% said they had been bullied at some point. Of these, 22.7% said they were still being bullied. No secondary schools in the Dover district took part in the survey1.

4. EARLY YEARS PERFORMANCE

a) Prime Learning Goals Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Attainment - Primary Learning Goals 2014 • In the Dover district, the 100 percentage of pupils at, 90 or exceeding, the

80 90

86 86 expected level of 90.9 83

70 81 85.7 78 77 82.8 attainment for Primary 72 60 78.6 50 Learning Goals are 40 above the national figures 30 in all overall areas. 20 • It is also above the Kent 10 average for Overall

expected level expected level 0 Physical Development Overall Overall Physical Overall Personal, Overall Prime and Overall Prime Goals. Communication Development Social and Goals and Language Emotional Development Percentage (%) of pupils at, or exceeding, exceeding, at, or pupils of (%) Percentage Dover Kent National

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Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Attainment 2014 - Specific Learning Goals

100 90 90

80 88 91.6 88.8 83 80 70 80 75 79.7 72 71 75.6

69

60 68 72.1 66 69.7 69.3 60 60

50 58 40 30

expected level 20 10 0 Overall Literacy Overall Overall Overall Overall Specific All Early Good Level of Mathematics Understanding Expressive arts Goals Learning Goals Development Percentage (%) of pupils at, or exceeding, exceeding, at, or pupils of (%) Percentage the world and design

Dover Kent National

Source: KCC - KELSI, Management Information

• In the Dover district, the percentage of pupils at, or exceeding, the expected level of attainment for Specific Learning Goals are above the Kent and national figures in all overall areas. • Good Level of Development refers to pupils achieving at least the Expected level in the prime Areas of learning plus Literacy and Mathematics Early Learning Goals. In this area, pupils in the Dover district achieved 69.7%, compared to 69% for Kent and 60% nationally.

5. PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE a) Key Stage 2: Year 6 Level 4 and above 2013/14

• The headline measure for primary schools is the percentage of pupils getting Level 4 or above in all of reading, writing and maths.

Level 4 and above Achieving Level 4+ Reading, Writing and Maths 2010/11 to 2013/14 • Level 4+ Reading, Writing 100 and Maths results in the

Dover district have 80 81.1 improved from 61% in 76.4 79 79 60 71.1 72 74 75 75 2011 to 81.1% in 2014. 64.4 61 • This achievement is 40 higher than seen across

Percentage (%) (%) Percentage 20 Kent and Nationally (both 79%). 0 • 29 schools in the Dover Dover Kent National district were above the 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 national average, with four achieving 100%. Source: KCC - KELSI, Management Information

• The government considers a school to be ‘underperforming’ if fewer than 65% (up from 60% last year) of pupils get a Level 4 in maths, reading and writing, and pupils are not making the expected progress in these three subjects between the end of infants (age seven) and age 10 or 11. • In 2013/14, four schools in the Dover district achieved below the government floor of 65%: Langdon (57%), Vale View (62%), St Richards Catholic, Deal and St Mary’s Catholic, Deal (both 63%).

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• The two lowest performing schools in 2012/13 have improved dramatically: Nonington Church of England Primary School achieved 75% compared to 33% in 2012/13 and Aycliffe Community Primary School achieved 77% compared to 38% in 2012/13.

Year 6 pupils achieving Level 4 and above in Reading, Writing and Maths (%) 2013/14 100 90

80 70 60 50 40 30 Percentage (%) Percentage 20 10

0 River Worth Lydden Preston Langdon KENT LA Sandown Wingham Aylesham Hornbeam ENGLAND White Cliffs White Eastry CofE Priory Fields Guston CofE BartonJunior Sholden CofE Charlton CofE Warden HouseWarden Capel-le-Ferne Nonington CofE Sandwich Junior The Downs CofE Sibertswold CofE St Martin's School Northbourne CofE Temple Ewell CofE Goodnestone CofE Aycliffe Community Whitfield and Aspen Deal Parochial CofE St Joseph’s Catholic Eythorne & Elvington St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Vale View CommunityView Vale St Mary's CEP School,…St Mary's Green Park Community St Mary's Catholic, Deal Kingsdown and Ringwould… St Richard's Catholic, Deal Cartwright and Kelsey CofE

Source: Department for Education Performance Tables • In 2013/14, the primary schools with the highest average point scores in the Dover district are: Temple Ewell (32.8), Kingsdown and Ringwould (32.5); Preston (32.2), St Margaret's-at-Cliffe (31.6); Sibertswold (31.2), Worth (31.2) and Eastry (31). The national average point scores have been discontinued. • In 2013/14, the primary schools with the lowest average point scores are: Langdon (16.8), Vale View (26.2) and Whitfield and Aspen (26.5). b) High Achieving Pupils and Overall Value Added

Dover District 2013/14 High achieving (%) Dover District 2013/14 Value Added Temple Ewell 60 Eythorne & Elvington 102.3 Eastry 50 Kingsdown and Ringwould 101.8 Sibertswold 46 Preston 101.7 Eythorne & Elvington 44 Eastry CofE 101.6 Preston 44 Guston CofE 101.5 Worth 44 Temple Ewell CofE 101.5 Kingsdown and Ringwould 43 St Joseph’s Catholic 101.4 River 41 St Margaret's-at-Cliffe 101.3 Sandwich Junior 38 Green Park Community 101.2 St Margaret's-at-Cliffe 38 Northbourne 101.2 Northbourne 29 River 101.1 Capel-le-Ferne 28 Sandwich Junior 101 Wingham 28 Barton Junior 100.9 White Cliffs 27 Aycliffe Community 100.7 Hornbeam 26 St Mary's CEP School, Dover 100.7 Sholden 25 Hornbeam 100.6 Deal Parochial 24 Warden House 100.6 Cartwright and Kelsey 23 Sibertswold 100.5 The Downs 23 The Downs 100.5 St Martin's School 21 Lydden 100.3 St Mary's Catholic, Deal 21 Goodnestone 100.2 St Richard's Catholic, Deal 21 Priory Fields 100.2 Goodnestone 20 Worth 100.2

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Dover District 2013/14 High achieving (%) Dover District 2013/14 Value Added St Mary's CEP School, Dover 18 Nonington CofE 100.1 Aylesham 17 Vale View 100 Warden House 17 Sholden CofE 99.9 Whitfield and Aspen 17 Sandown 99.8 Guston CofE 16 White Cliffs 99.8 Barton Junior 15 Wingham 99.7 Langdon 14 Capel-le-Ferne 99.6 St Joseph’s Catholic 14 St Martin's School 99.5 Charlton 13 Deal Parochial 99.4 Green Park 13 Charlton CofE 99.3 Sandown 13 St Mary's Catholic, Deal 99.3 Vale View 12 St Richard's Catholic, Deal 99.3 Aycliffe 8 Langdon 99.2 Nonington 8 Whitfield and Aspen 99.2 Priory Fields 7 Aylesham 99.1 Lydden 0 Cartwright and Kelsey 99.1 Source: Department for Education Performance Tables

• The table above shows the percentage of high achieving Year 6 pupils (reaching Level 5, the level expected of a 14-year-old, in Reading, Writing and Maths) in each of the primary schools in the Dover district during 2013/14. Temple Ewell is top in the Dover district with 60% of its Year 6 pupils achieving Level 5, followed by Eastry with 50% and Sibertswold with 46%. • The table also shows the ‘Overall Value Added’ scores for each of the schools. A school's value added score shows how well it helps pupils to progress. Eythorne and Elvington is top in the Dover district with a score of 102.3, followed by Kingdown and Ringwould (101.8) and Preston (101.7).

6. SECONDARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE a) Key Stage 4: GCSE, Baccalaureate and Best 8 Value Added

Percentage achieving 5+ A*- C GCSEs (or equivalent) 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 including English and Maths GCSEs England - All Schools 58.9 59.4 59.2 53.4 Kent - LA 59.4 61.3 63.1 58.0 Dover District 53.8 56.6 54.8 54.7 Source: Department for Education Performance Tables

• In 2013/14, the percentage of pupils achieving 5+ A* - C including English and Maths GCSE’s in the Dover district was lower than the average for Kent but above the national average. • The percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate in the Dover district (20.3%) was also lower than the average for Kent (26.8%) and England (22.8%).

Key Stage 4 (GCSE) in the Dover District 2011/12 to 2013/14 100 80 Percentage (%) of 60 Pupils Achieving 40 20 0 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 5+ A*- C inc. English and Maths 53.8 56.6 54.8 54.7 5+ A* A - C 75.3 83 81 63.1 5+ A* - G 95 95.2 95 94.2 English Baccalaureate 18.5 17.8 21.2 20.3

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GCSE and Baccalaureate 2013/14

Name of School 5 A*-C Direction 5+ A*-C 5+ A*-G English Best 8 GCSEs of travel grade grade Bacc. Value including GCSEs GCSEs (%) Added English (%) (%) and Maths (%) for the Arts 35 39 85 0 944.5 Castle Community College 33 43 93 2 981.8 Dover Christ Church Academy 34 39 89 7 981.3 Dover for Boys 85 92 99 26 1003.2 Dover Grammar School for Girls 99 100 100 88 1027.2 Duke of York's Royal Military 67 84 100 24 1014.6 Sandwich Technology 42 56 98 6 998 Sir Roger Manwood's 92 97 99 69 1012.7 St Edmund's Catholic 51 63 96 5 1025 Source: Department for Education Performance Tables

GCSE Results in the Dover District 2013/14 100 99 99 99 98 100 100 100 97 90 96 93 92 92

89 88

80 85 85 84

70 69 60 67 63

50 56 51 40 43 42 39 39

30 35 34 33

20 26 24 Percentage (%) of Pupils Achieving Pupils of (%) Percentage

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0 2 6 0 5 Astor Castle Dover Christ Dover Dover Duke of Sandwich Sir Roger St Edmund's College for Community Church Grammar Grammar York's Royal Technology Manwood's Catholic the Arts College Academy School for School for Military Boys Girls

5 A*-C GCSEs including English and Maths 5+ A*-C grade GCSEs 5+ A*-G grade GCSEs English Baccalaureate

Source: Department for Education Performance Tables

• Four schools in the district (Dover Grammar School for Girls, Sir Roger Manwood’s, Dover Grammar School for Boys and Duke of Yorks Royal Military School) achieved above the Kent (58%) and National (53.4%) averages for the percentage of pupils achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs (or equivalents) including English and Maths. • Secondary schools are considered to be "underperforming" if fewer than 40% of their pupils get five C grades or better at GCSE, including English and maths, and if fewer students are making two levels of progress between the ages of 11 and 16 (Key Stages 3 and 4) than the national average. • In 2013/14, 330 secondary schools in England are below the 40% floor (up from 154 last year) – including three schools in the Dover district: Castle Community College (33%), Dover Christchurch Academy (34%) and Astor College (35%). Leadership Support Team: State of the District 2015: Education and Skills Page H10

• It should be noted that there have been changes made to the secondary school tables this year, which means that only a pupil's first attempt at a qualification is included for league tables. The list of qualifications included has also been restricted to those which the government says are of the highest, academic quality and the number of non-GCSEs counting has been capped at two. Overall GCSEs have been toughened with exams taken at the end of the course and detailed changes to core subjects. Critics claim the changes make these results incomparable with previous years.

English Baccalaureate

• The English Baccalaureate was introduced as a performance measure in the 2010 performance tables. It is not a subject in itself or a single exam. It is a measure of pupils achieving A* to C grades in a range of subjects the government says is the core of a good education - English, mathematics, two science subjects, a language and either history or geography. • The national average for English Baccalaureate is 22.8% of state school pupils. Four schools in the district (Dover Grammar School for Girls, Sir Roger Manwood’s, Dover Grammar School for Boys, Duke of Yorks Military School) achieved above the National averages. The average for Kent is 64.7%.

Best 8 Value Added

• Value Added scores including English and Maths bonuses which measure the progress made by pupils from the end of KS2 to the end of KS4 using their best 8 exam results. A score above 1,000 is better than the national average. • There are four schools in the Dover district with above national average scores: Dover Grammar School for Girls (1027.2), Duke of Yorks Royal Military School (1014.6), Sir Roger Manwood's School (1012.7) and Dover Grammar School for Boys (1003.2).

7. POST-16 ATTAINMENT 2013/14

a) A-Level and Vocational Attainment

Percentage achieving 3+ A* - B Grades Average Points Per Student 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 Kent 30.3 29.7 30.6 28.4 741.1 737.3 745.3 721.3 Dover 24.5 24.6 24.4 26.3 769.4 797.1 800.2 800.7 Source: KCC - KELSI, Management Information

Name and Type of School A Level Average % of A level Average Vocational attainment – point score students point score attainment - average per A level achieving 3 expressed average points per entry A levels at as a grade points per student grades AAB entry or higher (in at least 2 facilitating subjects) Astor College for the Arts 544.4 159.9 0 E+ 197.8 Castle Community 450.6 149.8 0 E 213.4 Dover Christ Church 417.3 165.1 0 D- 227.2 Dover Grammar School for Boys 789.1 210.6 9 C 263.9 Dover Grammar School for Girls 1131.4 220.7 17 C+ NE Duke of York's Royal Military 732 171.2 5 D- SUPP Sandwich Technology 635.1 185.3 0 D+ 216.1 Sir Roger Manwood's 1018.3 216.6 28 C+ NE St Edmund's 691.9 188.3 4 D+ 213.1 Source: Department for Education Performance Tables

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• This chart shows the A-Level A-Level attainment: average points per pupil, performance of students in the Dover 2012/13 and 2013/14 district by average points scored per 1200 pupil. The England average for state

funded schools and colleges during

1000 2013/14 is 772.8. 1131.4 1044 1087.1 • Three schools in the district achieved

800 1018.3

above this national average: Dover

Grammar School for Girls (1131.4),

789.1 784.4

732

600

728.4 Sir Roger Manwood School (1018.3) 645

691.9

635.1 and Dover Grammar School for Boys 617.9 610.8 609.9

400 544.4 (789.1). 503.2

450.6 • 417.3 The Performance tables also show Average points pupil per points Average 200 the number of students who gain good grades – at least two As and a 0 B – in so-called 'facilitating subjects'. • These are subjects that are commonly seen as a route into leading Russell Group universities, such as maths, English literature, physics, biology, chemistry, geography, history and modern and classical languages. • Two schools achieved above the England average of 11.9%: Sir 2012/13 2013/14 Roger Manwood School (28%) and Dover Grammar School for Girls Source: Department for Education Performance Tables (17%).

• The performance tables also show Average point score per vocational entry, 2012/13 and 2013/14 results for 300 students taking 250 vocational

qualifications 200 263.9 245.7 227.2 222.8 such as the BTec. 222.5 216.1 213.4

150 213.1 207.1 199.7 197.8 • The results for 197.2 Duke of York’s 100

Royal Military Average score point 50 School have also 0 been suppressed Astor College Castle Dover Christ Dover Sandwich St Edmund's because of the Community Church Grammar Technology Catholic risk of an College Academy School for School School individual’s results Boys being identified and are therefore 2012/13 2013/14 not included. Source: Department of Education Performance Tables

8. OFSTED INSPECTIONS: Overall Effectiveness

Primary Schools Outstanding Good Requires Improvement Inadequate Total Number % Number % Number % Number % 4 10.3 33 84.6 2 5.1 0 0.0 39

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Secondary Schools Outstanding Good Requires Improvement Inadequate Total Number % Number % Number % Number % 02 22.2 3 33.3 3 33.3 1 11.1 9

Special Schools Outstanding Good Requires Improvement Inadequate Total Number % Number % Number % Number % 1 50.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 Source: KCC - KELSI, Management Information (Data includes reports received up until 01 April 2015).

9. FURTHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS

• The former in Dover is now part of East , which also has campuses in and , as well as an administration and training centre at Discovery Park, Sandwich. • East Kent College maintains a curriculum comprising a broad range of programmes, apprenticeships, workplace training and short courses designed to meet educational needs and interests as well as the economic needs of it locality. For example, the areas of tourism, logistics and transportation are as a focus at the Dover Campus, recognising the international significance of the . Engineering and associated technologies are also distinctively defined at the Broadstairs and Dover campuses. There is a specialism in Science at Discovery Park alongside professional training in the areas of business and finance, and in applied sciences. • A £6.5 million Maritime Skills Academy is also currently under construction in Dover. • , one of the country’s leading land-based colleges, is also developing plans for further and higher education at the Betteshanger Sustainable Education and Business Incubation Centre.

10. SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE

• The Dover District is gearing up for multi-million pound investments in town centre and waterfront regeneration, new employment space and 10,000 new homes across the district. Representing the single biggest investment in a generation, this will create 3,000+ new jobs over the next five years • The Council has been working with employers to upgrade training facilities and develop new courses matched to the needs of the local economy. This has led to multi-million pound investments on new training facilities including a £2.9 million investment by East Kent College in its Dover campus, and a new science curriculum at Discovery Park in Sandwich. Viking Recruitment in Dover is also building a £6.5 million Maritime Skills Academy. • The Council, in partnership with East Kent College, Hadlow College, Christ Church University, and the . Has recently launched a new website www.skills4dover.co.uk to provide clear pathways into vocational training, apprenticeships, and further and higher education. • The new website focuses on high growth industries and local employers within the Dover District, including life sciences and biotech, engineering, construction, computing and IT, maritime, travel and tourism, and hospitality, and provides links to relevant courses. The aim is to ensure that local people benefit from the investments by providing opportunities to gain new skills, or to re-train, so that they can take advantage of the jobs on offer.

11. NEETS: THOSE NOT IN EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION OR TRAINING – APRIL 2015

• A NEET is a young person who is Not in Education, Employment or Training. The ‘NEET group’ is not a uniform set of individuals – it covers both those who will be NEET for a short time while looking for opportunities and those who have major and often multiple issues and are at long-term risk of remaining disengaged. This group includes ‘generational NEETs’ – young people who come from families where the accepted norm is for adults to be unemployed. NEETs aged 16–18 years are of particular focus.

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District Level NEETs

Area NEETs Direction NEET Numbers Total Cohort April 2015 % of cohort of travel* 16-18 Ashford 5.93 244 4,642 Canterbury 6.17 269 4,841 Dartford 5.40 170 3,491 Dover 5.85 204 3,951 Gravesham 6.44 231 3,987 Maidstone 5.46 270 5,488 Sevenoaks 4.14 124 3,480 Shepway 6.99 243 3,883 Swale 7.55 367 5,391 Thanet 7.34 342 5,300 Tonbridge & Malling 4.99 200 4,489 Tunbridge Wells 4.80 173 4,008 Kent Total 6.00 2,837 52,951 Source: Management Information Unit, KCC; *Compared to April 2014

• As at April 2015, 6.00% (2,837) of 16 to 18 year olds were classed as NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) in Kent – down from 6.05% in April 2014. Of the Kent districts, Swale has the highest proportion of 16-18 year olds who are NEET with 7.55% and Sevenoaks the lowest with 4.14%. • The Dover District had 204 young people (5.85%) aged 16-18 years old classed as NEET, which is lower than the Kent average. This figure has fallen from 7.94% in April 2014.

16-18 year old NEET % Trend April 2014 to April 2015 10

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Percentage (%) Percentage 2

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Dover Kent

• Of the 204 16-18 year olds NEET in the Dover district that are available to the labour market, 184 are seeking employment, education or training, 11 are not yet ready for work of learning, 6 are working not for reward and 3 have a start date agreed that is RPA2 compliant. • Of those NEET that are not available to the labour market in the Dover district, the majority are through illness (31), teenage parents (19), followed by pregnancy (15). • Ward level data is no longer available. Since a contractual change in April 2014, CXK no longer manage the performance data for the NEETs in Kent and that the responsibility for this now sits with Kent County Council. KCC policy is to suppress data publication where figures are 5 or fewer, which is most NEET data at ward level.

2 Raising the Participation Age Leadership Support Team: State of the District 2015: Education and Skills Page H14

NEETs in the Dover District based on length of time NEET, 2014 and 2015 120

100 108

80 78 75 60 71 68 2014

Number 2015 40 35 20 20 13 9 17 0 0-6 weeks 7-13 weeks 14-26 weeks 27-52 weeks 52+ weeks

Leadership Support Team: State of the District 2015: Education and Skills Page H15