Statistic
1 million people
65% of land is dedicated to agriculture
87% live in communities bigger than 3,000
At 634 square miles, it is most densely populated county in England
Every day, 137,000 commuters travel outside the county, mainly to London;
85,000 commute into Hertfordshire for work
1.9% unemployed (3.5% nationally)
40% of workforce have degree or equivalent
12% of workforce have no qualifications
POLITICS
Council: Conservative 40 Labour 26, Liberal
Democrat 10, one vacant MPs: Conservative 6 Labour 5
CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES
Budget 2000-2001
CSF: pound;546m
School-related: pound;478m
Direct to schools: pound;406m
Children (0-17): 220,032
Statemented: 4,709 (2.1%)
Looked after children: 3.361,000
On child protection register: 2.241,000
Ethnic minority: 7.6%
Free school meals: 8.8%
Unauthorised absence: 0.44%
Schools: 17 nursery; 425 (7 foundation);
86 secondary (17 foundation, 9 middle); 26 special; 9 pupil-referral units
Family centres: 9
Children’s homes: 10
Staff in multi-professional teams: 594
Teachers: 8,842
Pupil-teacher ratio: 23:1 (primary); 16.7:1 (secondary)
Classes with fewer than 31 pupils: 83%
KS2 Level 4 (1997-2000: national average in brackets)
English 71.4-80.3 (75%)
Maths 67.8-76.2 (72%)
Science 75.8-88.8 (85%)
GCSE (5 A-C)
50.7 - 55.4 (49.2)
GCSE (5 A-G)
94.2-95.8 (94.4)
Great expectations
VI local focus: hertfordshire
TESJjune 22J2001
17 = Town profile: Stevenage It has been dogged from the start by its
London overspill status, but
found a new town, 50 years on, looking to schools to trigger a renaissance
local focus: hertfordshire VII
On gong: a pupil discovers the mysteries of the
gamelan, an Indonesian orchestra, at Stevenage music centre
photographs: joel chant
photograph: neil turner
pauline nield
K
Neil - Here’s Stevenage! I’m out until about 5pm today Thursday. I’ve
sacrificed the history for the quotes but can easily lob some of it back
in.
Cheers.
Jill Parkin - 01273-488098.
STATISTICS
Hertfordshire’s south quadrant may be only one quarter of the county, but
the teams working out of the Langleybury campus are responsible for an area
as large as some London boroughs, with a population larger than many
unitary authorities
CUT VERSION
Population 268,915
SCHOOLS Primary Secondary Special
95 18 5
Pupils Primary Secondary Special Total
20,543 13,920 336 34,799
PERMANENT Exclusions Primary Secondary
3 19
UNAUTHORISED ABSENCE Primary Secondary
0.4% 0.9%
Herts 0.3% Herts 0.6%;
national 0.5% national 1.0%
OVERALL ABSENCE Primary Secondary
5.0% 7.5%
Herts 4.8% Herts 7.3%
national 6.7% national 8.4%
Primary Secondary Special Total
SCHOOLS 95 18 5
Pupils 20,543 13,920 336 34,799
PERMANENT Exclusions 3 19
UNAUTHORISED ABSENCE 0.4% 0.9%
Herts 0.3% Herts 0.6%;
national 0.5% national 1.0%
OVERALL ABSENCE 5.0% 7.5%
Herts 4.8% Herts 7.3%
national 6.7% national 8.4%
Population 268,915
Population 268,915
SCHOOLS
Primary 95
Secondary 18
Special 5
Pupils
Primary 20,543
Secondary 13,920
Special 336
Total 34,799
PERMANENT Exclusions
Primary 3
Secondary 19
UNAUTHORISED ABSENCE
Primary 0.4%
Herts 0.3%
national 0.5%
Secondary 0.9%
Herts 0.6%;
national 1.0%)
OVERALL ABSENCE
Primary 5.0%
Herts 4.8%;
national 6.7%
Secondary 7.5%
Herts 7.3%;
national 8.4%
40% of workforce have degree or equivalent
12% of workforce have no qualifications
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