Education
South Gloucestershire is home to 99 primary schools and 16 secondary schools, and post-16 centres. There is one university which was a former polytechnic, The University of the West of England. In 2008, DCSF figures revealed that 6.6% overall absence in the constituencies secondary schools, whilst 7.4% is the national average.
| Key Stage 4 results (2008) | 5 or more grades A*-C including English and maths GCSEs % | Level 2 in functional English and maths | Level 1 in functional English and maths | Level 2 (5 or more grades A*-C) | Level 1 (5 or more grades A*-G) | 2 grades A*-C which cover the Key Stage 4 science programme of study | A*C in a modern foreign language | A*G in a modern foreign language | At least one qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Authority average | 48.1% | 56.9% | 92.8% | 63.6% | 93.0% | 50.3% | 30.6% | 49.7% | 98.0% |
| England average | 48.1% | 52.0% | 90.2% | 65.3% | 91.6% | 50.3% | 30.7% | 44.8% | 98.6% |
In 2005, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer recognised the City of Bristol's ties to science and technology by naming it one of six "science cities", and promising funding for further development of science in the city, with a £300 million science park planned at Emerson's Green, which is situated in South Gloucestershire.
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Famous quotes containing the word education:
“There are words in that letter to his wife, respecting the education of his daughters, which deserve to be framed and hung over every mantelpiece in the land. Compare this earnest wisdom with that of Poor Richard.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Casting an eye on the education of children, from whence I can make a judgment of my own, I observe they are instructed in religious matters before they can reason about them, and consequently that all such instruction is nothing else but filling the tender mind of a child with prejudices.”
—George Berkeley (1685–1753)
“It is not every man who can be a Christian, even in a very moderate sense, whatever education you give him. It is a matter of constitution and temperament, after all. He may have to be born again many times. I have known many a man who pretended to be a Christian, in whom it was ridiculous, for he had no genius for it. It is not every man who can be a free man, even.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)