Campaign for Learning has won the prestigious Fair Education Alliance (FEA) Innovation Award which recognises the ways in which we are working to end educational inequality. The flagship award will support development of a new family learning and parental engagement initiative to transform the education system and make it fairer for all.
The education system needs innovative and impactful solutions that tackle the root causes of educational inequality more than ever before. The FEA’s 2022 Report Card shows, at system level, the disadvantage gap in some areas has remained stubborn – and following the recent Covid-19 crisis, for poorer families it is widening again. The disadvantage gaps at primary and GCSE now stand at their highest points since 2012.
The root causes of this stretch far beyond the school gates. We currently have the lowest real-term funding for schools since 2010, and despite additional funding announced the Autumn Statement, funding is far from keeping pace with inflation. Families are also struggling, and we’re seeing poverty rising due to the cost-of-living crisis, with the number of families in persistent poverty and deep poverty also rising.
