This accounts for between approximately one fifth and a quarter of the Dundee total. In this section we consider educational achievement as being a feature of areas which exhibit disproportionate levels of poverty and disadvantage. Educational achievement is perceived to be both symptomatic and a cause of continuing poverty and disadvantage The statistical information shows the levels of educational achievement in Secondary schools, which have a catchment area that includes either part or the whole of communities, which form the SIP1 and SIP2 areas. Of the other schools there has been an improvement in attainment, above the city-wide increase, in 3 out of 5 schools over the last 4 years. Two have recorded a level of attainment at least level with the average for the city.
All schools are below the national average.
Achievement over the last 4 years indicates an improvement for three schools and a fall in attainment for three schools. This compares to no change at a city-wide and national level. The percentage of pupils entering higher and further education varies, although in the majority of schools it is below the rate for the city. Two of the schools were however, higher than the national average. There are many symptoms of social exclusion, including social fragmentation, youth alienation, drugs abuse and last but not least problems with crime and policing.