Download or read book HC 1120 - Closing the gap: The Work of the Education Committee in the 2010-15 Parliament written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Education Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee has summarised and evaluated it's work during the current Parliament in a short film entitled 'Closing the gap', available on the Committee's website. This report is intended to supplement the film and provide an overview of their work in different policy areas during the Parliament. Earlier summaries of their work in individual sessions of this Parliament are available on the website of the Liaison Committee. Based on discussions with key players in the fields of education and children's services the Committee decided that their future focus would be on the long tail of underachievement in education. This theme informed their work for the remainder of the Parliament as they sought to recommend changes to close the gap between disadvantaged children and young people, and their peers