It's actually about the attention and the focus, so that the whole of government machinery can work in service of the agenda and the vision that the Labour government is setting out under Andy Burnham
On government focus under Burnham
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We want young people to have that deeper understanding in literacy and numeracy but across a range of subjects.
The one-size-fits-all approach simply doesn’t suit all children. For some it’s become a straitjacket. A straitjacket that has left too many being branded a failure – again and again – instead of being able to realise their potential.
They have to take some responsibility for creating … a system that has left over a million young people now not in education, training or employment. The current approach has left too many behind.
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