Fiona Fearon, NGA’s Policy and Projects Manager covers latest thinking on disadvantage, including:Â
- The current situation – what data is telling usÂ
- What disadvantage constitutesÂ
- Addressing barriers to learningÂ
- Questions for boards to ask
Read our guidance and toolkits to help boards and school leaders tackle disadvantage in education.
Fiona Fearon
Policy and Projects Manager
Fiona oversees NGA’s parliamentary engagement, representing the views of governors and trustees at national level and supporting them in their strategic leadership of education settings.
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