Too often, success is defined as the daughter of a babysitter who goes to Oxbridge and becomes a top surgeon, she will say as she calls for a radical change in the way the UK views social mobility.
Instead, more attention should be paid to those who take small steps upwards, such as those whose parents were unemployed and now employed, the son of a postman who becomes a branch manager, or the daughter of a care worker who becomes a primary care worker. teacher, she will say.
Ms Birbalsing, whose pointless approach has earned her a reputation as “Britain’s toughest director”, will set out her vision for a new approach to social mobility at the Policy Exchange in London on Thursday.
This will be her first speech since her appointment as chairman of the government’s advisory body in October.
The founder and principal of Michaela Community School in north London first became famous during the Tory Party Conference in 2010, where she claimed that schools were “blinded by left-wing ideology”, leading to a lack of discipline and bad behaviour.
Now she has promised to use her time as chair of the committee to focus on making parents more responsible for their children’s education.
The Commission will also look at how small businesses can improve diversity and ways to create more regional opportunities in support of the government’s equalization program.
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