Education Secretary Nicky Morgan hits out at ‘soft bigotry’ holding back poorer pupils

The Mirror featured Nicky Morgan’s speech at the Sutton Trust and Education Endowment Foundation Summit.

Nicky Morgan is to hit out at “soft bigotry” in schools which she says is holding back pupils from poorer families.

The Education Secretary will use the phrase – reportedly coined by a speechwriter for George Bush – to tell a London audience poor students shouldn’t be pushed towards ‘easier’ subjects

Claiming the coalition made significant progress with policies like the Lib Dems‘ pupil premium, she will say in future everyone will take GCSEs in the core English baccalaureate subjects.

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In a speech to a Sutton Trust and Education Endowment Foundation summit in London, Mrs Morgan is to say it is not enough to “close the gap” between poorer and wealthier students.

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