Sir Michael Wilshaw is due to step down from his post in December and used a speech last week at the Festival of Education at Wellington College in Berkshire to attack the lack of progress that has been made on narrowing the achievement gap between poor pupils and their better off peers.
He said that, despite a range of initiatives, including the Pupil Premium, no real difference has been made over the last decade.
He said: “The needle has barely moved. In 2005, the attainment gap between free school meal and non-FSM pupils in secondary schools was 28 percentage points. It is still 28 percentage points now.
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