Schools and Area RegenerationThere is growing interest in the role schools can play in contributing to area regeneration. Schools serving disadvantaged areas are encouraged to be outward looking, to engage with families and communities and to coordinate their efforts with those of other agencies. At the same time, however, schools are required to maintain a relentless focus on their 'core business' of teaching and learning in order to drive up pupils' attainments. This report explores the ways in which schools serving two economically and socially disadvantaged urban areas have attempted to resolve this dilemma. It focuses on the relationship between the schools and their respective communities and on outcomes in terms of individual and community development. |
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The case studies | 7 |
3 | 25 |
Towards a coherent approach | 34 |
References | 44 |
Measures of disadvantage in the schools | 53 |
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activities adult education approach area regeneration authority officer average Breakfast club challenges children and young coherent Coleridge communities they serve community cohesion community involvement community worker community-oriented context contextual transformation David Blunkett develop DfES Director education disadvantaged areas disadvantaged communities economic Education Action Zones effects employment evidence families and communities family learning Forest Villas pupils funding GCSE GNVQ headteacher holistic role impact interviews Joseph Rowntree Foundation key stage levels of attainment life-chances London mentoring Moreover Neighbourhood Renewal Neighbourhood Renewal Fund Neighbourhood Renewal Unit Number Ofsted opportunities Pakeland Primary particular Patton Community College performance data problems programme pupils living raising aspirations raising attainment range refurbishment regeneration initiatives residents role of schools school performance schools elsewhere secondary schools Senlake and Forest Senlake schools skills social exclusion standards agenda strategy study schools Sure Start targeted teachers teaching and learning Villas and Senlake wider