Have a look at the The Commission on Inequality in Education Report 

The recommendations (from p7) are very interesting. As usual, we suggest you read them and come up with your own thoughts.

Here are a few of the main findings:

?  Since the mid-1980s and the mid-2000s the large performance gap between rich and poor has made no significant improvement.

? GCSE performance at age 16: over 60% of pupils in London achieving 5 good GCSEs (including English and Maths) compared to 55% in the West and East Midlands.

? Performance of 11-year olds born in 2000 with those born in 1970 reveals that the geographic area has become a more powerful predictive factor for those born in 2000 compared to 1970.

? At age 11, Yorkshire & Humberside and the West Midlands have disproportionately high numbers of low-scoring pupils. The North West and London have disproportionately high numbers of high-scoring pupils.

? Fascinating to see that: In verbal reasoning tests for 11-year-olds, the median score for children with someone attending parents’ evening is 3 points higher than for those without.