Cambridgeshire is to benefit from the Government's plans to level up education, and will receive extra support as one of 55 new Education Investment Areas.
As part of the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper, 55 areas across the country will receive targeted support to help young people from all backgrounds receive the highest standards of education.
Education Investment Areas will be prioritised for new specialist sixth form free schools – ensuring that talented children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds have access to the learning they need to progress into training or higher education. They will also be eligible for retention payments to help schools maintain the best teachers in high priority subjects, and they will be able to access a new pilot programme improve pupil attendance.
The Government introduced a new national mission to ensure that 90 per cent of children leaving primary school in England are reaching the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths by 2030.
No child or young person should be limited by where they grow up – they should be supported to get a world class education and the skills they need to succeed at school and beyond.
Throughout my time as the MP for South East Cambridgeshire I have pressed the Government for further investment for education in our area- and I am pleased that we will benefit under its plans for levelling up opportunity and life chances.
