Government needs to rise to the call for action on white working class outcomes, says AoC

Responding to The Independent Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes, David Hughes, Chief Executive, Association of Colleges, said: "The report reveals a shocking misalignment between what many children, young people and their families want from the education system and what they are being offered. That misalignment results, as the report shows, in large numbers of children disengaging with education because they do not believe it will help them in their lives. We can and must do better than that, because the ambitions and potential of too many children will continue to be wasted if we don't. I hope that the government and the education system collaborate now to implement the recommendations and rise to the call for action so that this picture changes, and changes soon."