The seminar was organised by NCB, which has prioritised the need to address this issue. Delegates were encouraged to engage in fresh thinking and generate new approaches on how to tackle the problem.
Professionals from a variety of organisations, including The London School of Economics and charity Fathers Direct, discussed questions such as how to overcome obstacles to parental involvement and finding new ways of strengthening resilience among young people.
"It is becoming apparent that existing strategies for tackling educational inequality are not sufficiently radical or ground-breaking, and are unlikely to be successful as they stand," said Paul Ennals, NCB's chief executive.
"We need new ideas that challenge existing orthodoxies and a new coalition that goes beyond the usual partners."
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