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Government told to met its rhetoric on ‘levelling up’ with action
NAHT general secretary called on Education Secretary not to exhaust school leaders’ goodwill

THE government’s rhetoric on “levelling up” and the importance of education must be backed up with action, a school leaders’ union leader urged yesterday.

NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman called on Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi not to exhaust school leaders’ goodwill by making engagement with the profession “nothing more than window dressing.”

His plea came in a speech at the union’s conference in London.

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