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PM announces £18m opportunity areas expansion, and £10m to boost quality of teaching

An £18 million extension of the opportunity areas programme and £10 million to improve teaching quality in four other...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE eyes wider rollout of ‘glasses in classes’ and wellbeing schemes after opportunity areas success

Ministers have said they are considering rolling out schemes trialled in their 12 “opportunity areas” more widely, including a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers announce opportunity areas ‘twinning’ project to help address impact of Covid-19

The government’s 12 social mobility opportunity areas will be “twinned” with places facing similar challenges in an effort to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The 24 North Yorkshire primary schools that will get ‘opportunity area’ speech and language support

Twenty-four primary schools on the North Yorkshire coast will get support to improve pupils’ speech, language and communication skills. The...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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We won’t know if opportunity areas have worked until at least 2021

The government won’t be able to gauge the impact of a £72 million project to boost social mobility in...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker