Since my last column, we have a new Prime Minister and a new Education Secretary. While this was expected, it adds yet further instability to politics and policy-making. We also have a new children and families minister, Kemi Badenoch, replacing Nadhim Zahawi.
The priorities of the new minister will no doubt emerge over the coming weeks and months. Yet there has never been a greater need for someone with courage, conviction and credibility to step into this role.
Last month, the Education Policy Institute, in partnership with the Fair Education Alliance, published its latest annual report, Education in England. The report shed light on the disadvantage gap (the difference in attainment between those eligible for the Pupil Premium and their peers) and found that, for the first time in recent years, progress in narrowing the gap in the early years and by the end of secondary school has stalled.
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