In unequal societies, the gap in education and work opportunities between those living on the right and wrong sides of the track tend to get wider. This was an issue highlighted in the recent Social Mobility Commission report, and was also cited by Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw in the inspectorate's Annual Report (see Analysis).
Wilshaw says there is a direct link between an area's socio-economic health and the standard of education - right through early years, schools and college. Of particular concern to Ofsted is the long-standing problems some parts of the country have had in improving the standards of secondary education. These have mainly been concentrated in deprived parts of the North of England and the Midlands.
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