Sunderland school leader appointed to Social Mobility Commission
A North East school leader has been appointed to the Government’s Social Mobility Commission by Education Secretary Damian Hinds.
Sammy Wright, vice principal of Southmoor Academy in Sunderland, will join 11 other new appointees on the Commission, which is chaired by Dame Martina Milburn.
The Commission’s work has a real impact across Government policy. For example, the Social Mobility Index was used to determine eligibility for the first 12 areas in the DfE’s Opportunity Areas scheme.
Schools North East would like to congratulate Mr Wright on his appointment.
The other newly appointed commissioners are:
Alastair da Costa – chair of Capital City College Group
Liz Williams – group director of Digital Society at BT
Farrah Storr – editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan
Harvey Matthewson – volunteer, and part-time sales assistant at Marks & Spencer
Jessica Oghenegweke – project co-ordinator at the Diana Award
Jody Walker – senior vice president at TJX Europe (TK Maxx and Home Sense in the UK)
Pippa Dunn – founder of Broody, helping entrepreneurs and start ups
Saeed Atcha – founder and chief executive officer of Xplode magazine
Sam Friedman – associate professor in sociology at LSE
Sandra Wallace – managing partner UK and joint managing director Europe at DLA Piper
Steven Cooper – outgoing chief executive officer of Barclaycard Business