England Deprivation Areas

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This study has augmented our conceptual and practical comprehension of the process of geographic distribution of free schools in England. As well increase our ability about ArcGIS software, also understand the role of postcodes and how it important for researches.

England’s Deprivation areas
This study found that based on IMD 2010 rate as shown in figure (5) that deprivation is not spread equally across the England. therefore, some regions have higher level of deprivation than others, for instance London has all levels of deprivation, but it is not in the England’s first rank city of deprivation. Also Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, and Newcastle as emerge deprivation areas. To point out this …show more content…

due to 37% of children in London are living beneath the poverty line, which is the most child poverty level comparing with other England's areas. despite, in a few years ago the children poverty rates have been decreased. As well the proportion of free schools’ meals for both primary and secondary students at state schools in London is higher rate than other cities in England. in fact, the available properties are reasonable prices to an individual person on average wages are less than 10% in all 32 London boroughs. Leeser (2011, p6) argues that “More than one in four LSOAs in London are among the 20 per cent most deprived in England and two thirds have levels of deprivation above the national average, the highest proportion of any English region” Meanwhile, according to understanding patterns of deprivation (2009) that deprived LAs of IMD 2010 in England regions include areas around London, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, …show more content…

Depend upon results in figures (9,11), there are several factors cause on process of distribution of free schools, for instance government policy and local authority's role, population density, environmental difference such as urban area or rural, economic level, results of academic achievement, parent’s request to open the type of school, social segregation and social enterprises. For example, it might be parents in urban areas request to open new type of schools or send their children to the new type of schools, but maybe in rural parents do not like the new type of schools and they prefer a good local state school. Also the quality of schools’ curriculum and results of academic success make parents to send their children to those schools which has best academic achievement. In addition, sometime parents or social enterprises demand to open school based on religion or social type. As Ball (2013) discusses that the education system changing due to government policy toward to education, for example currently depend on environment some parents allowed to choose type of school for their children, but some do not. It is likely that the family skill, time and economic levels make parents to choose school's type. at the same time family allowed to choose any type of school they want for their

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