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Dame Sally Coates

Dame Sally Coates is head of Holland Park School and sat on the board of the Independent Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes

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We need to target KS3 to improve white working-class outcomes
A member of the inquiry into white working-class pupils’ outcomes says successive governments’ efforts to drive up standards have overlooked a phase of education where students often become disengaged
Secondary
29 June 2026
Dame Sally Coates