Ethnic Minority Achievement Team

Ethnic Diversity within Camden Schools

Ethnicity

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CONSULTATION ON THE EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF CONGOLESE CHILDREN IN THE CONTEXT OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Dr Wilma C. Mangabeira June 2009

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This study was commissioned to the Refugee Team - Child and Family Department - at the Tavistock Clinic by School Improvement Service (SIS), Camden.  As early as 2002 staff employed by the Camden Language and Support Service expressed concerns about the educational performance of Congolese children, when compared to other Black and Ethnic Minority (BME) groups. The issues were summarised as thus:

• The underachievement of Congolese children in National Standard
• Achievement Tests at ages seven, eleven and fourteen, and in the GCSE at
• sixteen.
• The apparent over-representation of Congolese children on the Special
• Educational Needs (SEN) Register.
• The number of Congolese children on the Child Protection Register.
• The relative lack of educational progress in relation to other minority groups.
• Many Congolese parents were generally isolated and with little contact with
• schools and other support agencies such as refugee community groups.

Linguistic Diversity Summary 2005-06 The data for this booklet were collected and analysed by the Research and Management Information team in the Children, Schools and Families Directorate, as part of the Ethnic Monitoring data collection 2005-2006. The charts below are taken from this booklet. In due course we will be adding futher documentation and links to information on the ethnic communities represented in Camden schools.

Please note: percentages given are based on the percentage of EAL Learners only, not all pupils.