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Education and Governance

Education, skills & employment

Young people are feeling more positive about the quality of their schools, but truancy is still seen as a problem:
- 94% say their school is good or very good
- 37% report truancy as a problem.
London provides opportunities, even in tough times:
- 70% of young Londoners are confident, even now (in crisis), that London can provide the job opportunities they want.


London Governance

- 52% of young Londoners can name the Mayor of London correctly (Boris Johnson!)
- 44% think they know a little about what the Mayor is doing, only 6% said they know a lot
- 38% said they were satisfied with the Mayor, only 4% were dissatisfied and 35% said they didn’t know

Getting around and Health

Getting around

Buses are young Londoners’ main form of public transport:
- 64% use them every day, or every other day.
The Zip Card (which gives free bus fares to under-16s, and some under-18s) is not discouraging young for Londoners from walking to school:
- 38% regularly walk to school – the same number as in 2004.



Health and exercise

On average young people say they practise exercise four times a week both in school and out of school.
Young people have a really positive perception of their health, but it not match up with the reality:
- 96% think their health is good or very good. None think they have bad health.
However, other research shows, for example, that some 20% of young Londoners are obese.