London Schools and the Black Child VI

Educational Opportunity For All - Without Exclusion

Saturday 7 February 2009, 9am - 5.30pm
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has joined with Diane Abbott MP to organise the sixth London Schools and the Black Child Conference: Educational Opportunity For All - Without Exclusion.

Join the thousands of people who have attended the London Schools and the Black Child conferences, the largest one-day educational conference in Britain, and take this chance to participate in the debate on the new strategies to tackle the many challenges faced by young people in London.

Confirmed speakers include:

Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
Diane Abbott MP
Professor Heidi Safia Mirza
Stephen K Amos (Broadcaster and comedian)
Derrick Anderson - Chief Executive, Lambeth Council
Jocelyn Jee Esien - Comedian
Rosemary Campbell - Programme Manager, Investing In Diversity, London Centre for Leadership and Learning

Registration

Registration for this event is now closed.

How to get there

The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre is directly opposite Westminster Abbey.

Underground: Westminster (Jubilee) or St James’s Park (Circle and District lines).
National Rail: Victoria station is within 10 minutes’ walk.
Buses: 3, 11, 12, 24, 53, 87, 88, 148, 159, 211, 453

More detailed travel information including map and Journey Planner

Contact

For general enquiries about the conference please email fauxc@parliament.uk.

Background

London is a global city and to compete internationally it needs to ensure that all its children are equipped to achieve educationally.

The LSBC initiative has brought together parents, teachers and government on the crucial issue of educational underachievement through organising conferences, local workshops and producing influential research, in addition to organising awards ceremonies celebrating the educational achievements of young black people in London. LSBC has played an important role in raising the issue of underachievement and ensuring it is on the educational agenda. Recent years have subsequently shown steady improvements in the results of black and ethnic minority young people in London.

However, too many of our young people are still not realising their potential. School exclusions remain a huge issue, and there is a clear link between educational exclusion, social exclusion and youth crime and violence.

Reports on earlier London Schools and the Black Child conferences are available from the education publications page.

Workshop information

Workshop themes will include:

Time For Action – Equipping Young People For The Future
Educating Excluded Young People : Improving Pupil Referral Units
Research Report: Tackling Exclusion - The Successes and the Failures
Including The Excluded – Young People’s Perspectives On School Exclusions
School Exclusion and Youth Crime
Teachers and Communities: Working Together To Achieve Results
Sharing Responsibility I: Becoming A School Governor
Sharing Responsibility II: Creating An Effective Partnership With Your Child
Sharing Responsibility III: Role Models and the REACH programme
Supplementary Schools and Maintained Schools – Working Together To Raise Educational Performance
Achieving A Representative Teaching Workforce In London
Creating Solutions Through Mentoring

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