Disabled People

In general, GCSE attainment is higher in London than in the rest of England. This is true for both boys and girls, students who do not speak English as a first language, students with Special Educational Needs and students from minority ethnic backgrounds. 

In both London and the rest of England, girls perform better at GCSE than boys, with 72% of girls achieving grades 9-4 (the equivalent of A*-C under the old system) in English and Maths in London, but only 66% of boys. 

Students with English as a second language perform slightly better than those who speak English as a first language in London, whilst the two groups perform similarly in the rest of England. 

Students with Special Educational Needs needs have much lower attainment than the average student and the attainment gap is roughly the same in London and the rest of England. 

In Lon…

Londoners who live in families that include a disabled person are more likely to be in poverty than those living in families that do not include a disabled person. 

For example, in the 3 years to 2018/19, 31% of families that included a disabled person were in poverty but only 27% of those who did not were. The gap has been narrower in recent years than in 2014/15 when over 10 percentage points more families with disabled people were in poverty than families without disabled people.