Educational attainment in Yorkshire and the Humber

Text of the motion

‘That this House notes that Yorkshire and the Humber was the lowest ranked region in England in 2013-14 for education attainment; further notes that the January 2016 report from the Social Market Foundation entitled Educational Inequality in England and Wales found that geographical inequality was the most important factor in determining students’ educational attainment; and calls on the Government to take action to address the underlying causes of these inequalities as a matter of urgency and to set out the steps it is taking to ensure that children in Yorkshire and the Humber are equally likely to achieve good school qualifications as children in London.’