We are pleased to be a partner in the Norwich Opportunity Area initiative with the Department for Education.
Norwich was identified as one of 12 Opportunity Areas in October 2016 by Education Secretary Justine Greening to improve social mobility:
“Opportunity areas will help local children get the best start in life, no matter what their background. Ensuring all children can access high-quality education at every stage is critical. We will focus not just on what we can do to help inside schools, but also create the opportunities outside school that will raise sights and broaden horizons for young people.”
The Norwich Opportunity Area is a network of local partners collaborating on coordinated activities to increase social mobility in Norwich. A Partnership Board has been established to act as strategic coordinator of activities around four key strands of focus by creating working groups to represent the required expertise:
Reducing the number of children at risk of exclusion and disengagement from education, by supporting them to overcome the problems that lead to social immobility