EDUCATION IN CAMBRIDGE
schools preparing students for the future. On the wish list was encouraging more students to take computing qualifications, embedding technology throughout the curriculum and ensuring that when they finish school, leavers are as ready as they can be to take their place in this exciting new world. This is a challenge our schools are more than ready to embrace. Naturally, this starts with the basics – making sure students have access to a
– our schools deliver consistently good results. At least 50% of pupils in the vast majority of our area’s primary schools are meeting expected standards, with a sizeable number doing substantially better and working at a higher standard compared to their peers. In our mainstream state secondaries, most pupils make progress that’s at least average, with progress of above or well above average at the age of 15.
top-quality education. Whether state or independent, schools in Cambridge aren’t just reassuringly good at what they do, but they’re among the best in the country, and they have the awards to prove it. Consistently good Even though our area continues to be one of the most polarised in the country – with plenty of have-nots and a significant percentage of families who are struggling
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