Call for business leaders to help underperforming schools

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to ask some of England’s leading business leaders to lend their knowledge and experience to help failing schools.

A House of Lords reception will be held with 150 attendees consisting of business experts who will be encouraged to utilise their expertise and consider how they can best help to improve the life chances of young people, building on the recent enthusiasm seen to improve school facilities across the country.

The Education Secretary also suggested that the finance and leadership skills of the business leaders would help the government to build on its pledge to ensure all children, regardless of social background or geography, will have the opportunity to attend a school with excellent facilities.

The event will emphasise the importance of good governance in raising educational standards and business engagement, and creating aspirational school leavers.

It will also highlight the need for greater business engagement arising from the government’s academies programme, the growth of chains and the challenge of tackling underperforming and coasting schools.

Mrs Morgan said: “There can be no more rewarding endeavour than applying a life’s experience and skills to transforming the life chances of children. Business leaders develop the know-how to tackle some of our society’s toughest problems and have the drive and energy to overcome challenges – qualities that translate directly to driving up standards in schools.

“Whether by founding or developing academy trusts, joining governing bodies to provide oversight and encouragement, or providing careers advice and mentoring, I am today calling for more business leaders to play their part and join the schools revolution.”

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