Documentary research Unemployment Figures from February 2012: People aged 16-64 without a job- 11 million + 1.

1.6 million- people who are claiming job seekers allowance 2.67 million-People who have actively looked for work in the last 4 weeks who are available for immediate start. Figures according to September 2012:

UK unemployment fell by 7,000 to 2.59 million in the three months to July compared with the previous quarter. The official figures, compiled by the Office for National Statistics, showed that the jobless rate fell to 8.1%. The claimant count - the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance - fell by 15,000 to 1.57 million in August.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10604117

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Education:

Definitions: Pass rates: The percentage of students that entered the exam and achieve A*- C Success rates: The percentage of students that began the course and achieved A*-C

This research may be used as evidence in our education section to show the general standards of education in this country.
Universities: Students from England studying in England Students will pay variable annual tuition fees (up to 3,375 for 2011-12). You can apply for a nonmeans-tested loan to cover fees, repayable from the April after you graduate if you earn more than 15,000. Those from households with incomes of 50,020 or less can also apply for non-repayable, means-tested maintenance grants. Those with household incomes of up to 57,708 (living away from their parents' home, not studying in London) can apply for repayable means-tested maintenance loans. A basic non-means-tested maintenance loan is available to all eligible students.

Worst GCSE results: School name St Aldhelm's Academy (AC) Oak Farm Community School (CY) St Peter's Church of England and Specialist Arts College (VA) Red House Academy (AC) The Marlowe Academy (AC) Vale of Berkeley College (FD) The Milton Keynes Academy (AC) City of Leeds School (CY) Carter Community School (CY) Local authority Poole Hampshire What does this mean? Average point score 223.9 382 376.5 260.7 481.5 308.8 321.8 422.3 325.3 431.2 324.1 369.6 362.6 414.8 453.9 277.9 389.7 332.7 363.4 367.9 371.2 442.4 452 473.8 384 384.2 474.8 337.5 What does this mean? Pupils with five good GCSEs (%) 3% 9% 16% 19% 19% 20% 20% 20% 21% 21% 22% 22% 23% 23% 23% 24% 24% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 26% 26% 26% 27%

Bishop of Rochester Academy (AC) Medway Essex Sunderland Kent Gloucestershire Milton Keynes Leeds Poole

Christ The King Catholic and Church of England (VA) Centre for Learning Knowsley (VA) Havant Academy (AC) Wyvern Community School (CY) Hampshire North Somerset Kingston Upon Hull, City of Cambridgeshire Medway Nottingham Sheffield Somerset Leicester Sheffield Lincolnshire Middlesbrough Leeds Bradford

Oakfields Community College (FD) Middlesbrough Sir Henry Cooper School (CY) Thomas Clarkson Community College (FD) The Robert Napier School (FD) The Bulwell Academy (AC) Chaucer Business and Enterprise College (FD) Brymore School (FD) Riverside Business and Enterprise College (CY) Abbeydale Grange School (FD) The Mablethorpe Tennyson High School (CY) Unity City Academy (AC) South Leeds Academy (AC) University Academy Keighley (AC)

Firth Park Community Arts College Sheffield (FD) Manchester Creative and Media Academy for Boys (AC) Manchester

Best GCSE results: School name Lawrence Sheriff School (VA, SEL) Newstead Wood School for Girls (FD, SEL) Colchester County High School for Girls (FD, SEL) Colyton Grammar School (FD, SEL) Skipton Girls' High School (FD, SEL) Fort Pitt Grammar School (FD, SEL) Heckmondwike Grammar School (ACC, SEL) Westcliff High School for Girls (FD, SEL) King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (VA, SEL) Altrincham Grammar School for Boys (FD, SEL) St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School (VA, SEL) The Tiffin Girls' School (FD, SEL) Chelmsford County High School for Girls (FD, SEL) Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (CY, SEL) Tonbridge Grammar School (FD, SEL) L ancaster Girls' Grammar School (FD, SEL) The North Halifax Grammar School (FD, SEL) Dartford Grammar School (FD, SEL) Sutton Grammar School for Boys (FD, SEL) Local authority What does this mean? Average point score 784.8 780.8 743.9 719 709.1 695.5 694.4 691.7 691 687.5 673.3 662.2 662 659.6 653.8 648.5 648.3 646.9 643.1 What does this mean? Pupils with five good GCSEs (%) 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Warwickshire Bromley Essex Devon North Yorkshire Medway Kirklees Southend-onSea Birmingham Trafford Bromley Kingston upon Thames Essex Birmingham Kent Lancashire Calderdale Kent Sutton

These league tables may be used in our documentary to show the large gap that separates the high levels of education and the low levels of education, possible through a formal interview.
http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/education-leaving-age Education leaving age What is the school leaving age?
In the UK, the government determines the duration of compulsory education, with the minimum school leaving age set down in an Act of parliament. The school leaving age has increased steadily since state-sponsored education was first recognised as a right for all children in the UK. Originally set at ten, it now stands at 16, with the possibility of a further extension.

Background The Elementary Education Act 1870, also known as Forster's Education Act, recognised a framework of education for children between five and 13. It was founded on the need to improve the skills of the British workforce, maintaining competitiveness, and also preparing them for their new found voting rights.
The 1870 Act created elected school boards, which required attendance and could fine parents for their child's absence, with some exemptions including distance from school. School boards were abolished in the Balfour Act 1902 and replaced by Local Education Authorities. An 1880 Act made education compulsory until the age of ten, following campaigning by the National Education League. Under the Elementary Education (School Attendance) Act 1893 it was increased to 11 and the right to education was extended to deaf and blind children. In 1899 the leaving age was increased again to 13. The Fisher Education Act 1918 made education compulsory up until 14 years old, paving the way for increased tertiary education. Growing public debate on the role of education prompted governmentcommissioned inquiries into further reform. The Hadow committee subsequently recommended the distinction of infant and junior classes and maximum class sizes of 30. In 1939 the government considered raising the leaving age again to 15, but this was delayed due to the onset of World War Two. The Education Act 1944 did succeed in extending compulsory education to 15, and this took effect from 1947. More significantly, the 1944 Act created the grammar school system. All 11-year-olds were required to sit the 11-plus examination, which placed them in either an academic grammar school or a secondary modern. Preparations began in 1964 to raise the leaving age again to 16, and this took effect in 1972. This has remained the case, meaning in practice children are compelled to attend school until their GCSEs. In 2006 the government announced it was actively considering increasing the leaving age to 18. In 2007 the Department for Education and Skills launched a consultation, working towards an implementation date of 2013. The Education and Skills Act 2008 increased the minimum age at which young people in England can leave learning. This requires them to continue in education or training to the age of 17 from 2013 and to 18 from 2015. Young people will be able to choose whether to stay in full-time education, undertake work-based learning such as an Apprenticeship, or part-time education or training if they are employed, self-employed or volunteering for more than 20 hours per week.

These changes in the educations ages and acts can be used to show how the government keep trying to solve issues by increasing the compulsory education age, raising the question of whether or not it is actually working.

Statistics NEET (not in education, employment or training) statistics Labour Force Survey (LFS) - Quarter 4: 2011
Age 16: 6.0% change of + 0.9% from Q4 2010 Age 17: 7.8% change of + 1.2% from Q4 2010 Age 18: 14.9% change of + 1.0% from Q4 2010 Age 16-18: 9.6% change of + 1.0% from Q4 2010 Age 19-24: 18.7% change of - 0.1% from Q4 2010 Age 16-24: 15.9% change of + 0.3% from Q4 2010

Source: Department for Education February 2012 Quotes "Sitting at home with nothing to do when you're so young can knock the stuffing out of you for years. It is a tragedy for the young people involved - a ticking time bomb for the economy and our society as a whole. This problem isn't new, but in the current economic climate we urgently need to step up efforts to ensure some of our most troubled teenagers have the skills, confidence and opportunities to succeed."
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, announcing a new 126m funding scheme to help 16 and 17 year old 'NEETs' into training or work February 2012

National Education League Matters began to move forward, however, in 1869 when the recently formed National Education League began its campaign for free, compulsory and non-religious education for all children. The views expressed by industrialists that mass education was vital to the nation's ability to maintain its lead in manufacture carried considerable weight in Parliament. A Bill which met many, but not all, of the League's wishes was drafted and introduced by W. E. Forster, and quickly passed.
http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/livinglearning/school/overview/1870educationact/

For most of the nineteenth century, the Board of Trade's unemployment index was based on information covering a relatively small number of workers. The total union membership included in the index was about 100,000 in 1872, increasing to 151,000 in 1882, 329,000 in 1893, 525,000 in 1900, and 834,000 in 1912.4 These numbers represented 2.4 percent of Great Britain's male industrial labor force in 1882, 4.3 percent in 1893, and 8.7 percent in 1912.5 The number of unions included in the index was almost certainly less than 20 in the 1870s, and remained quite low until the formation of the Labour Department in 1893. It was 30 in June 1893, 86 in June 1895, 138 in June 1900, 271 in June 1905, and 390 in June 1912.6
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