Schools will never be able to ameliorate all social inequalities, but this gives a great window into how a staff body can empower itself in a way that imbues agency into communities that are otherwise marginalised. So many teachers and leaders doing selfless work out there, often with no fanfare.
‘What was the point of me trying to improve our (horrendous) Sats results when pupils were walking through our doors hungry, scared, tired and sad?’ Head Lottie Bloom shares her experience of turning around a failing school in an area of high deprivation