Education
Excellence in Cities
Excellence in Cities is a central government programme designed to remedy and address the educational problems of major cities where standards have been low, particularly in the Secondary phase.
The first phase of the initiative started in September 1999 and focused on 6 conurbations and introduced a range of policies to raise standards.
The second phase expanded the programme to 23 local education authority's, including Barking and Dagenham from September 2000.
Key policy strands
Children's Services Department Volunteer Mentor Scheme|
Excellence in Cities Action Zones|
Building on the success of Excellence in Cities in secondary schools, addresses the needs of students from disadvantaged backgrounds in post-16 and higher education.
An initiative closely linked with Excellence in Cities, a programme which the borough has been piloting since September 2000 and which will become a national strategy from September 2001.
We feel that Excellence in Cities is an important initiative that supports the priorities and objectives of the Education Development Plan to improve standards and attainment for our children here in Barking and Dagenham.
Transforming Secondary Education|
Beacon Council status.
Documents
Excellence in Cities Annual Report 
PDF 290K
Excellence in Cities Ofsted Report PDF 57K
Excellence in Cities Plan for Barking and Dagenham PDF 302K
Appendices to the Excellence in Cities Plan PDF 3.14M
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Useful web links
Department for Children, Schools and Families Standards Excellence in Cities website|
