{"id":69362,"date":"2018-01-19T12:52:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T12:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/?p=69362"},"modified":"2022-09-23T20:09:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T19:09:33","slug":"second-wave-of-opportunity-area-plans-published-what-do-schools-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/second-wave-of-opportunity-area-plans-published-what-do-schools-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Second wave of ‘opportunity area’ plans published: What do schools need to know?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The education secretary Damian Hinds has released delivery plans for the government’s next six “opportunity areas”, after publishing the first set three months ago.<\/a><\/p>\n

The plans are for Bradford, Doncaster, Fenland and east Cambridgeshire, Hastings, Ipswich and Stoke-on-Trent<\/strong>, which were named as the second wave last year<\/a>. Each area will spend £6 million, aimed at improving social mobility over the next three years.<\/p>\n

A lot of the plans focus on school improvement, particularly for numeracy and literacy, with another common theme being careers advice. They also name the people who will chair each area’s “partnership board”.<\/p>\n

Here is a summary of what each area plans to do for schools…\n<\/p>\n

1. Bradford<\/h2>\n

\"\"The chair of the Bradford opportunity area partnership board is Anne-Marie Canning<\/strong>, who is director of social mobility and student success at King’s College London.<\/p>\n

A former access officer at the University College Oxford, Canning is also a member of the Universities UK Ministerial Advisory Group, and has served as chair of the Russell Group Widening Participation Association.<\/p>\n

She also served as a Labour Party councillor on Oxford City Council.<\/p>\n

She says she grew up in one of the poorest postcodes in Yorkshire and is determined to “make Bradford’s social mobility aspirations a reality”.<\/p>\n

Priorities for schools in Bradford<\/h3>\n

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