Education In The North: Behind The Headlines

We take a look at the evidence provided to the House of Commons Education Select Committee on 'Educating The North'

This paper reflects on the evidence given by George Osborne, Lord O'Neill and Henri Murson from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership ("NPP") to the House of Commons Education Select Committee on 2^nd May 2018.

Collective effort

Once the initial and important exchanges regarding the benefits of raising educational performance, first for children's lives and then for economic performance and industrial strategy, were covered, Robert Halfon (Committee Chair) enquired 'why there is so much social disadvantage in terms of education and aspiration in the north?'.

Responding, George Osborne referenced the 'dramatic improvement in the state of London schools' and considered that 'the north has not had that focus … [nor] … a collective effort from national and local Government, the private sector and the teaching profession', which is what the NPP