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Council bringing leisure services home
With Halloween and Bonfire Night now behind us, there is a definite sense of Christmas on the horizon. But before we turn our minds to fun and festivities, here’s some helpful information and a round-up of some of the things going on around the borough.
Southwark Council has announced plans to bring the management of its eight leisure centres inhouse when the current contract with leisure provider, Everyone Active, expires in June 2023. This exciting move is in line with Southwark’s preference for in-house services, which help the council to put residents at the heart of everything it does. Read the full story at www.southwark.gov.uk/news/2021/sep/
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Are you concerned about your teenager? The Nest, in partnership with HYP (healthy young people) Southwark is offering free online workshops for parents/carers living in Southwark on drug awareness, healthy relationships, mental health and many more topics. For full details of the workshops and support groups please visit hypsouthwark.eventbrite.co.uk/ or contact The Nest for free and confidential mental wellbeing advice and support for young people aged 11 to 25 in Southwark at www.thenestsouthwark.org.uk/
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Congratulations to Southwark’s students During the summer, students in Southwark celebrated outstanding GCSE and A-level results despite huge disruption to learning caused by the pandemic. Early results showed that 84% of Southwark GCSE students achieved a standard pass (up 8.8 percentage points from 2020) and 64.9% achieved a strong pass (up 11.5 percentage points from 2020) in both English and mathematics. For A-level students, early data showed improvements across all grade boundaries with a significant uplift in students achieving the highest grades of A* and A. Against a backdrop of multiple lockdowns, remote learning and self-isolation, young people have worked exceptionally hard with great resilience and focus, and unwavering support from our fantastic teachers.
