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<p>Across inner London there are 60 state funded schools with sixth forms and further
education colleges which are rated Outstanding by Ofsted. Of these, 45 are accessible
to boys and 54 accessible to girls[1].</p><p>Local authorities have broad duties to
encourage, enable and assist young people to participate in education or training.
This includes securing sufficient suitable education and training provision for all
young people in their area who are over compulsory school age but under 19, or up
to age 25 for learners with an education, health and care plan.</p><p>The government’s
free schools programme has opened eight 16-19 free schools in inner London with places
available to female students and a further 21 mainstream free schools that have 16-19
places. All of these schools that have been inspected to date have been judged Good
or Outstanding by Ofsted. This includes the London Academy of Excellence in Newham,
a 16-19 free school judged Outstanding by Ofsted, which in the 2020/21 academic year
had 57% female students. Proposals for approving further free schools will be set
out in due course.</p><p>Nationally, capital funding of £83 million has also been
made available in the 2021/22 financial year to existing post-16 providers, including
sixth form colleges, to enable them to accommodate the demographic increase in 16-19
year olds.</p><p>[1] Some single sex schools may have mixed sixth forms. This is not
reflected in the figures provided above.</p>
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