A high-level board has outlined how it hopes to improve the poor performance of schools in the city.
The Education Improvement Board (EIB), which is made up of city leaders and education professionals, has put together a plan called Ambition 2025: the 10-year programme.
It follows last month’s publication of GCSE results which showed that Nottingham holds the country’s joint second lowest percentage (48.6 per cent) of pupils getting five GCSEs at A* to C including English and Maths.
Every child in Nottingham deserves to go to a good school
Councillor Sam Webster, portfolio holder for schools at Nottingham City Council, said: “The city’s children and young people are entitled to expect improvement from us; every child in Nottingham deserves to go to a good school and by everyone working together we can make this a reality.
“It’s vital that we get feedback from education professionals and parents or carers – only by hearing different voices will we be able to implement a cohesive plan on which we can all agree.
“I am confident we can share our strengths to address the challenges currently facing education in Nottingham.”
The EIB has outlined the first three priority areas which are teacher retention and recruitment, improving the teaching of maths and looking closely at the transition from primary to secondary schools.
Professor Sir David Greenaway, the board’s chair, said: “I firmly believe we will not make real progress unless we all collaborate doing this work.
“I hope to engage with as many partners as possible, seek their views and benefit from their expertise and I want people to tell me what we should prioritise and how they would like to be involved.”
The EIB was set up a year ago to bring together ideas on how best to improve education in the city.
