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Ofsted announces major review of access and achievement in education
15 Jun 2012
In a speech to the National College annual conference in Birmingham today, Sir Michael Wilshaw, HMCI, launched a major new review of access and achievement in education. The review will focus on the issues facing deprived communities and will aim to provide radical new solutions to what are long standing and deep seated problems.
Addressing the audience of headteachers and school leaders Sir Michael said:
'Twenty years ago, Ofsted produced a landmark report entitled Access and Achievement in Urban Education, which described the lack of educational success and the paucity of good-quality provision in deprived communities. Ten years later, David Bell, the then Chief Inspector of Schools, marked the anniversary by producing another report under the same headline. What was so depressing was that his report painted a similarly bleak picture of underperformance in these same 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.'
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Ofsted announces major review of access and achievement in education
15 Jun 2012
In a speech to the National College annual conference in Birmingham today, Sir Michael Wilshaw, HMCI, launched a major new review of access and achievement in education.
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