The challenges facing school pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
Mouhssin Ismail talks about how the UK school system could support students from less privileged backgrounds flourish.
How we educate and support students from some of the most disadvantaged communities has always been a hotly debated topic in education circles. With technology and AI playing an ever-increasing role in the education sphere, is this an opportunity to help level the playing field or another fad which will leave us disappointed and looking for new answers?
Mouhssin is the Chief Standards Officer for the City of London Academies Trust. He is responsible for the academic performance of 10 schools in London which include both secondary and primary schools. Mouhssin is also founding Principal of the Newham Collegiate Sixth Form, City of London Academy (the NCS), in the second-most deprived borough of London. The NCS is now recognised as one of the most successful 16-19 Free Schools in the country
