In a letter to the education secretary Damian Hinds, he says that while the Education Select Committee applauds the Department for Education’s (DfE) aim to improve social mobility through education, it remains ‘unconvinced’ that opportunity areas are the best way to meet that aim.
It follows an inquiry into the Opportunity Area programme by the Education Select Committee in which it heard from stakeholders from a range of the 12 areas, as well as the children and families minister Nadhim Zahawi.
The aim of the Government’s Opportunity Area programme is to tackle social mobility and improve opportunities for young people across 12 areas identified as social mobility ‘coldspots’.
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