Statistical report 2015/16

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is exceeding all expectations in Hackney. Not only are more young people than ever before taking part in our valued programme, but more young people than ever before are going on to complete it. It has been an exceptional year.

Schools in Hackney are recognising the importance of offering the DofE to their pupils. Participation in a DofE programme accelerates progress and attainment by encouraging independent learners and enhancing resilience, self- esteem and problem solving abilities. The link between DofE programmes and the new Ofsted framework is therefore an obvious one, and it is of little surprise that schools are opting to embrace the DofE in their wider offer.

The diversity of organisations who offer the programme is greater than ever before. In addition to schools, an increased number of Young Hackney’s youth hubs offer accreditation for DofE activities. We are seeing increased take up from cultural and religious community groups, special schools and uniformed organisations. This means that the benefits of the DofE are available to more young people in the borough than ever before and is demonstrative of one of our guiding principles: the DofE is achievable by all.

Whilst we are delighted with an increased demand and continued growth, it is important that we understand the pressure that this puts on our resources. The growth in the DofE and the progress that has been shown over such a small period of time is indicative of the potential within the borough. Continued investment into the skills and structure of our staff teams is essential to ensure young people are supported to complete their whole award and realise their potential.

Finally, the growth in Hackney would not have been achieved without the professional support from headteachers, teachers, youth workers, volunteers and managers who have dedicated their time to make DofE a success. It would be remiss of me not to take this opportunity to thank them for their hard work and the invaluable contribution they make in supporting the achievements and personal Rob Clark development of young people. Operations Manager - London Region

Contents Introduction 2 What’s it all about? 4 Hackney headline statistics 6 New participants 8 Awards achieved 9 Completion rate 10 Growth 12 Appendix: participant demographics 15

Hackney has a youth unemployment rate of 6.3%, higher than both the London and the national average. The crime rate per population is one in ten, considerably higher than the national average.

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is highly valued by universities and employers and promotes community cohesion.

More than half of pupils in Hackney do not have English as a first language and 21% of children live in out-of-work families, both considerably higher than the London and national averages.

Young people are encouraged to work together to achieve shared aims and take responsibility for each other and their communities.

People in Hackney are less happy and more anxious than both the London and national averages.

Over 70% of DofE participants report greater feelings of self-esteem and greater confidence through their engagement with their programmes.

Source: data.london.gov.uk; University of Northampton: Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Impact Research

What’s it all about? The DofE charity The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award supports over 275,000 people aged 14 to 24 every year. Its ethos is to enable every young person of every background to take part in programmes and succeed, regardless of any barriers. DofE programmes DofE programmes are at one of three progressive levels which, when successfully completed, lead to a Bronze, Silver or Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. There are four sections at Bronze and Silver level and five at Gold: Volunteering: undertaking service to individuals or the community Physical: improving in an area of sport, dance or fitness activities Skills: developing practical and social skills and personal interests Expedition planning, training for and completing an adventurous journey in the UK or abroad At Gold level, participants must do an additional fifth Residential section, which involves staying and working away from home doing a shared activity.

Who can do it? Anyone aged between 14 and 24 can take part in DofE programmes. It is non-competitive and allows any young person to take part, regardless of their background or personal circumstances.

Why should young people do their DofE?

Enhances formal education The DofE enhances young people’s formal education by enabling them to develop the whole person – the mind body and soul – in an environment of social interaction and team working. Inclusive and balanced programme The programme is achievable by all young people regardless of ability, gender, background or location. Whoever they are or wherever they are from, young people can enjoy unique experiences and rewards which are relevant to their starting point. Personal programme Taking part in their DofE means the participant designs a programme entirely of their own choosing, picking activities based around their interests, passions and strengths. Enhances employability The skills and personal attributes developed through participation are recognised by employers, colleges and universities. Research with Gold Award holders showed:  79% developed leadership skills  83% improved team working and tolerance of others 93%  85% gained confidence of young people feel under pressure to demonstrate  61% continued with volunteering they can be an ‘all-rounder’  74 % developed self-esteem. in the workplace

The United Learning Trust (ULT) surveyed key organisations, such as Eurotunnel plc, Honda (UK) Ltd and Tesco about their graduate recruitment. Out of 29 activities undertaken at school these companies rated The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award as most important.

The DofE in Hackney

The DofE is delivered in 18 centres in Hackney

Participation in inner London Boroughs

New participants 2015/16 Awards achieved 2015/16

Borough B S G Total Borough B S G Total

Wandsworth 831 210 56 1097 Wandsworth 352 94 23 469 Hammersmith & Hammersmith & 613 188 123 924 314 69 34 417 Fulham Fulham Haringey 722 128 59 909 Southwark 259 56 26 341

Hackney 708 109 46 863 Lewisham 246 68 11 325

Tower Hamlets 545 218 61 824 Haringey 259 48 11 318

Westminster 481 197 139 817 Hackney 263 24 4 291

Newham 578 168 27 773 Westminster 191 49 28 268

Southwark 575 114 82 771 Camden 174 55 28 257

Camden 535 135 58 728 City of London 154 57 9 220

Lewisham 404 141 53 598 Tower Hamlets 141 58 10 209

Lambeth 390 85 49 524 Newham 102 49 7 158 Kensington & Kensington & 308 87 12 407 86 35 7 128 Chelsea Chelsea Islington 261 31 50 342 Lambeth 99 15 1 115

City of London 194 84 36 314 Islington 58 12 0 70

Hackney’s headline statistics

Percentage Change

2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 1 Year 5 Year

New participants 142 151 115 231 611 863 41 472

Bronze 99 110 68 159 525 708 35 544

Silver 14 39 29 60 79 109 38 179

Gold 29 2 18 12 7 46 557 2200

Awards achieved 46 32 4 35 47 291 519 809

Bronze 46 26 4 35 36 263 631 912

Silver 0 6 0 0 11 24 118 300

Gold 0 0 0 0 0 4 + +

2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16

Completion Rate (%)

23% 3% 30% 20% 48%

The social value of DofE activities to the local community in Hackney in 2015/16 was calculated to be at least £84,573 based on at least 9,300 hours of volunteering.

“The DofE helps us in our vision for our students. It helps them become well- rounded adults who are empowered to contribute positively to their local and global community.”

Tim Clark – Principal, Skinners’ Academy

New participants

Young people who enrolled on a DofE programme at a centre between April 2015 and March 2016.

New participants 2015/16

Centre Bronze Silver Gold Total

Skinners' Academy & VI Form 300 0 21 321

Mossbourne Community Academy 77 20 0 97

The City Academy, Hackney 64 0 0 64

Cardinal Pole Catholic School 21 29 0 50

Stoke Newington School & VI Form 36 6 0 42

Clapton Girls Academy 6 31 2 39

Young Hackney Forest Road Centre 18 4 16 38

Metropolitan Volunteer Police Cadets 25 6 5 36

Our Lady's Convent High School 30 0 0 30

Tawhid Boys School 16 13 0 29

Bridge Academy 27 0 0 27

Haggerston School 26 0 0 26

Petchey Academy 24 0 0 24

Stormont House School 17 0 0 17

Young Hackney The Edge 7 0 2 9

The Alevi Cultural Centre & Cemevi 7 0 0 7

North London Muslim Community Centre 5 0 0 5

Young Hackney Concorde 2 0 0 2

Total 708 109 46 863

It is our ambition for all young people, regardless of their background, to have the opportunity to enrol on to a DofE programme.

Awards achieved

Participants who completed all sections of their Award and were signed off by their organisation’s Award Verifier between April 2015 and March 2016.

Awards achieved 2015/16

Centre Bronze Silver Gold Total

Skinners' Academy & VI Form 112 0 0 112

The City Academy, Hackney 61 0 0 61

Clapton Girls Academy 15 16 0 31

Our Lady's Convent High School 27 3 0 30

Mossbourne Community Academy 24 4 0 28

Metropolitan Volunteer Police Cadets 9 1 3 13

Young Hackney Forest Road Centre 5 0 1 6

Tawhid Boys School 5 0 0 5

Haggerston School 4 0 0 4

Bridge Academy 1 0 0 1

The Alevi Cultural Centre & Cemevi 0 0 0 0

Young Hackney Concorde 0 0 0 0

Stormont House School 0 0 0 0

North London Muslim Community Centre 0 0 0 0

Young Hackney The Edge 0 0 0 0

Stoke Newington School & VI Form 0 0 0 0

Cardinal Pole Catholic School 0 0 0 0

Petchey Academy 0 0 0 0

Total 263 24 4 291

It takes a minimum of 6 months to achieve a Bronze Award, between 6 and 12 months to achieve Silver and between 12 and 18 months to achieve a Gold Award.

Completion rate The completion rate compares the ratio of young people enrolling on DofE programmes to the number who achieve their Award in the following year.

Completion rate New participants 14/15 Awards achieved 15/16

Centre B S G Total B S G Total

Skinners' Academy & VI Form 112 0 0 112 112 0 0 112 100%

Metropolitan Volunteer Police Cadets 15 1 0 16 9 1 3 13 81%

The City Academy, Hackney 84 0 0 84 61 0 0 61 73%

Our Lady's Convent High School 30 15 0 45 27 3 0 30 67%

Clapton Girls Academy 35 37 0 72 15 16 0 31 43%

Mossbourne Community Academy 73 5 0 78 24 4 0 28 36%

Tawhid Boys School 21 2 0 23 5 0 0 5 22%

Haggerston School 21 0 0 21 4 0 0 4 19%

Young Hackney Forest Road Centre 63 1 4 68 5 0 1 6 9%

Bridge Academy 25 0 0 25 1 0 0 1 4%

North London Muslim Community Centre 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0%

Young Hackney The Edge 4 6 0 10 0 0 0 0 0%

Stoke Newington School & VI Form 47 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0%

The Alevi Cultural Centre & Cemevi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA

Cardinal Pole Catholic School 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA

Petchey Academy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA

Stormont House School 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA

Young Hackney Concorde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA

Totals 530 67 7 604 263 24 4 291 48%

100% Skinners' Academy & VI Form completion rate

Metropolitan Volunteer Police Cadets 81%

The City Academy, Hackney 73%

Our Lady's Convent High School 67%

43% Clapton Girls Academy

Mossbourne Community Academy 36%

Tawhid Boys School 22%

Haggerston School 19%

9% Young Hackney Forest Road Centre

Awards achieved 15/16 New participants 14/15 Bridge Academy 4%

Stoke Newington School & VI Form

Young Hackney The Edge

North London Muslim Community Centre

Petchey Academy

Stormont House School

Young Hackney Concorde

Cardinal Pole Catholic School

The Alevi Cultural Centre & Cemevi

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Growth The number of new participants in the previous year, compared to the number of new participants in the current year. Volunteering New participants 14/15 New participants 15/16 Growth Increase Centre B S G Total B S G Total

Skinners' Academy & VI Form 112 0 0 112 300 0 21 321 187% Metropolitan Volunteer Police Cadets 15 1 0 16 25 6 5 36 125% activities in North London Muslim Community Centre 0 0 3 3 5 0 0 5 67%

Tawhid Boys School 21 2 0 23 16 13 0 29 26%

Mossbourne Community Academy 73 5 0 78 77 20 0 97 24% Haggerston School 21 0 0 21 26 0 0 26 24% Hackney had a Bridge Academy 25 0 0 25 27 0 0 27 8%

Cardinal Pole Catholic School 0 0 0 0 21 29 0 50 +

Petchey Academy 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 24 + Stormont House School 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 + cumulative The Alevi Cultural Centre & Cemevi 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 +

Young Hackney Concorde 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 +

Young Hackney The Edge 4 6 0 10 7 0 2 9 -10% Stoke Newington School & VI Form 47 0 0 47 36 6 0 42 -11% social value of The City Academy, Hackney 84 0 0 84 64 0 0 64 -24%

Our Lady's Convent High School 30 15 0 45 30 0 0 30 -33%

Young Hackney Forest Road Centre 63 1 4 68 18 4 16 38 -44% Clapton Girls Academy 35 37 0 72 6 31 2 39 -46% £84,573 Total 530 67 7 604 708 109 46 863 43%

Volunteering activities in Hackney had a cumulative social value of £84,573

At least 9,341 volunteering hours were given back to communities in Hackney by DofE participants

Appendix: participant demographics Age of participants at enrolment Gender

450 400 350 300

250 Female 200 48% Male 52% 150 100

Number of new Number participants 50 0 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 Age

Personal circumstances Participants can volunteer to declare themselves in as many or as few of the following categories as they feel comfortable with

Personal circumstance Responses

In receipt of free school meals 115 At risk of exclusion from school 3 Not in education, employment or training 3 Looked after or accommodated 24 Young carer 4 Parent under 18 0 English as a second language 71 Asylum seeker 0 In custody 0 Prefer not to say/none 643 Total 863 Participant ethnicity Asian or Asian British Any Asian or Asian British other Asian background Bangladeshi 3% White White 4% English/Northern Irish/Scottish/Welsh/British Asian or Asian British Indian 19% 6% Asian or Asian British Pakistani 2% White Irish 0%

Black/Af rican White Any other White Caribbean/Black British background Af rican 11% 16%

Black/Af rican Caribbean/Black British Other Other ethnic group Any other 8% Black/Af rican/Caribbean background 13%

Mixed White and Black Chinese or Other Ethnic Caribbean Grp Chinese 5% 2% Mixed White and Black Mixed Any other Af rican Mixed/multiple ethnic 4% Mixed White and Asian background 2% 5%

“When the going gets tough, the DofE gets you going.” Hackney participant

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