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  • A Fair Start – Final Report & Action Plan

    Topics:
    • Curriculum and learning, 
    • Raising standards and school improvement

    Date published: 1 June 2021

    Last updated: 30 July 2021

    The Expert Panel on educational underachievement submitted its Final Report and Action Plan - “A Fair Start” – to the Minister in May 2021. This was endorsed by the Executive on 27 May 2021.

    As set-out in New Decade, New Approach and the subsequent Terms of Reference, this was an independent panel, tasked with bringing forward recommendations and a costed Action plan.

    The Action plan contains 47 actions spanning a number of departments including Education, Health, the Executive Office, Department for the Economy and numerous Arms Length Bodies involving collaboration across the public sector and beyond.

    Documents

    • A Fair Start - Final Report and Action PlanAdobe PDF (6.59 MB)
    • A Fair Start - Annexes A-DAdobe PDF (4.41 MB)
    • A Fair Start Annex EAdobe PDF (1.6 MB)
    • A Fair Start Final Report and Action Plan Annex FAdobe PDF (1.13 MB)
    • A Fair Start Final Report and Action Plan Annex GAdobe PDF (2.27 MB)
    • A Fair Start - Final Report and Action Plan Adobe PDF (3.92 MB)
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