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Kendall, Lesley; Rutt, Simon; Schagen, Ian – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2005
The Excellence in Cities (EiC) policy was launched in 1999 with the aim of improving the attainment of all pupils in disadvantaged urban areas. Further Phases were launched in 2000 and 2001, by when EiC covered about a third of the secondary schools in England and over 60 per cent of the minority ethnic pupils in England attended schools in EiC…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Academic Achievement, Urban Areas, Foreign Countries