Ofsted chief highlights 'growing North/South divide' in secondary schools

A lack of political will is leading to a "growing divide" in performance between schools in the North and South of England, the head of Ofsted has warned. Sir Michael Wilshaw said secondary schools in smaller towns across the North and the Midlands were failing to keep pace even though the difference in funding was "not that great". Share Go To Children in the two areas are much less likely to attend a good or outstanding secondary school than their counterparts in the South, with well over 400,000 children in the North...