The call comes in Growing Up North, a new report by Anne Longfield that identifies the extent to which the north's 3.6 million children are falling behind their peers in London.
The report found that 54 per cent of schools in the most deprived northern communities are rated as "requires improvement" or "inadequate" by Ofsted compared with 20 per cent across England and just 13 per cent in London.
It also said more children in the north start school with high-level developmental needs than the rest of the country but few have their special educational needs diagnosed before entering school.
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