Attainment gap

• A large proportion of Kensington and Chelsea students attend independent schools (45.3%), much higher than both London (10.1%) and England (9.7%) averages.
• More than one in four state-school students in Kensington and Chelsea (28.8%) are eligible for Free School Meals (FSM), a percentage higher than both London (22.6%) and England (20.6%) as a whole, having increased by 50% in the last four academic years.

Local state schools are some of the best in the country, but inequalities in educational attainment are amongst the highest in the country.

• Although their absolute performance is strong, Black students in Kensington and Chelsea have a gap in performance progress in schools (measured by Attainment 8 scores) that is on average 4 times larger than in England overall.
• The percentage of FSM students in Kensington and Chelsea achieving a Level 3 qualification at age 19 is almost 11 percentage points lower than the rest of their non-FSM peers.
• Evidence at a national level reveals the impact of educational attainment on employability; while the employment rate of the working-age population with Level 3 qualifications in 2019 was 83%, for those with no qualifications it is only 47%.

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