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The east London borough of Tower Hamlets is one of the most deprived in the country, with 44 per cent of children eligible for pupil premium funding and around a third of children classed as "persistently disadvantaged" which means they are eligible for free school meals 80 per cent of the time.
While national studies have shown there is a strong correlation between high levels of deprivation and low levels of academic attainment by pupils, Tower Hamlets is bucking the trend, delivering some of the best academic results in the country.
There are many factors behind the improvement, according to Christine McInnes, Tower Hamlets director of education and partnerships, but the key one is that all the professionals and agencies involved in education improvement in the borough have bought into creating a "unique ethos" based on "collaboration not competition".
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