Why school exclusions are not gender neutral

August 2020

Welcome to the latest edition of the Social Finance newsletter.

In this issue: the 'invisible girls' excluded from school, how to pay for greener cities, the potential for using data to unlock children’s services in local government, and a webinar on outcomes based approaches to employment and skilling in low- and middle-income countries.

Invisible girls: Who's at risk of exclusion?

July saw the launch of a major new report by Social Finance, developed in partnership with Cheshire West and Chester Council, that revealed a possible blind spot in national exclusion statistics.

As the report showed, girls are less likely to be formally excluded but more likely to experience ‘informal’ exclusions such as early exits or school changes.

The launch of the report had significant coverage in the national media, including an article in the Guardian and an appearance by Social Finance Associate Director Sara Parsonage on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme.

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WEBINAR

Lessons from outcomes-based approaches to employment and skilling in low- and middle-income countries

In July we hosted the first in our new series of webinars on skills training and employment.

The discussion, chaired by Dr. Mara Airoldi (Government Outcomes Lab) and featuring panellists Maria Laura Tinelli (Acrux Partners), Abha Thorat-Shah (British Asian Trust) and Peter Nicholas, (Social Finance) drew on experiences of designing and running outcomes-based contracts for employment and skilling from South Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

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