Tuesday 23rd November 2.00pm
We are delighted that Dame Rachel D’Souza, the Children’s Commissioner, has agreed to address the APPG for Education. The meeting will be held virtually to allow as many people as possible to attend and Zoom details will be sent with the agenda beforehand.
Before taking on this role, Dame Rachel turned around two schools from struggling to outstanding, before founding and leading the Inspiration Trust, a family of fourteen schools in East Anglia. The Trust has twice ranked as the nation’s top group of comprehensive schools based on pupil progress at GCSE.
Her Big Ask survey, launched as she took up her role, was the biggest ever consultation with children undertaken in this country. It asked children across England to set out their priorities for improving childhood post-Covid. The results of the survey will form the cornerstone of the Children’s Commissioner’s ‘Childhood Commission’ – an ambitious Beveridge-style report due to be published later this year.
I very much hope that you will be able to join us to listen to Dame Rachel and then participate in the question and answer session. Please respond to Anna Wolffe, the Group’s Secretariat, by phone on 020 3642 2754 or by email at [email protected]