Challenging Girls looked at ways of raising educational attainment among girls from low-income families in Camden, north London. It found that this group has low staying-on rates at school and is the least likely group to continue in education and training.
The report was produced by the Progress, Achieve and Continue in Education (PACE) project in conjunction with Camden Council, John Lyon's Charity and City Parochial Foundation. The project has set up schemes within six primary and secondary schools in the borough over the past two years to establish ways of raising girls' attainment and aspirations.
One initiative, the Dreams project in Maria Fidelis school, involved student mentors from the University of Westminster coming into the school to discuss their experiences of further education with 12 underachieving girls. The study showed that giving the girls positive role models meant they were more likely to consider further education.
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