We live in an increasingly complex and chaotic world that condones exclusion, creating a gap that exists across society. I am pushing back against any practice that does not improve the life chances of all children through education, parent and carer engagement and advocating for a change in routes to employability.
The recently published Social Mobility Commission report Time for Change emphasises the need for a more focused approach.
The commission calls for the government to invest in a 10-year plan with targets that are monitored, including considerable investment in early years rather than later on; the development of the whole child rather than exam results in schools; an increase of apprenticeships for young people rather than adult workers; and engagement and improvement of parenting rather than a reliance on moving from welfare to work.
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