It is in response to research which shows the early years attainment gap is almost twice as large in the North of the country than it is in London.
Today (4 September), members of the Education Select Committee will visit the first school to benefit from the fund, which has been set up by the education charity SHINE. Corrie Primary and Nursery School in Tameside will use the fund to test approaches that focus on developing children’s communication and maths skills.
The committee’s trip to the school forms part of a two-day fact finding visit of the region in response to the Northern Powerhouse Partnership’s Educating the North report, published earlier this year. The report recommended a number of ways to close the educational attainment gap between children in the North of England and the rest of the country. It also showed that the early years are crucial to the future educational success of the North.
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