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Ofsted to review educational achievement in deprived communities
18 Jun 2012
Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has launched a review of educational achievement in deprived communities, which will seek to explore what young people from disadvantaged backgrounds need to achieve success.
In a speech to the National College’s annual conference, Wilshaw said that the review comes nearly 20 years after the first Ofsted Access and Achievement in Urban Education report and a decade after the progress report.
He said:
Twenty years ago, Ofsted produced a landmark report, which described the lack of educational success and the paucity of good-quality provision in deprived communities.
I am asking the educational leaders of this country to take ownership of the situation and show the leadership needed to change the learning landscape.
Everyone who agrees that all children deserve a good education needs to work in partnership to introduce the radical solutions needed today to make a real difference for the children of tomorrow.
The original report, published in 1993, gave recommendations for closing the gap on the educational achievements of children from rich and poor backgrounds in the English education system.
Read the full article at Children and Young People Now.
