Manchester and Liverpools failing schools need local partnerships and collaboration – the precise opposite of the government’s education policyToday,two directions of travel for education policy contain been set out. One comes from Ofsted, whose chief inspector, and Sir Michael Wilshaw,this morning called for a programme of collaboration and partnership between local councils, communities and school leaders to turn around failing schools in the parts of the country where stubborn underperformance prevails. This includes the area where my own children depart to school – Manchester.
Wilshaw says that the “northern powerhouse” will “splutter and die” if youngsters in the north are not given the excellent education and skills they need to succeed later on in life, or not only holding back the prospects of young people in these areas,but also risking the economic and stability of this region as a whole.
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Source: theguardian.com