Opportunity areas
Delivery plans for the 12 opportunity areas, and the methodology and data used to select them.
Documents
Blackpool opportunity area: delivery plan
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-808-4PDF, 2.33MB, 32 pages
Bradford opportunity area: delivery plan
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-861-9PDF, 1.7MB, 44 pages
Derby opportunity area: delivery plan
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-809-1PDF, 1.77MB, 32 pages
Doncaster opportunity area: delivery plan
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-862-6PDF, 2.52MB, 56 pages
Fenland and East Cambridgeshire opportunity area: delivery plan
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-863-3PDF, 3.57MB, 40 pages
Hastings opportunity area: delivery plan
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-864-0PDF, 2.52MB, 44 pages
Ipswich opportunity area: delivery plan
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-865-7PDF, 2.51MB, 40 pages
North Yorkshire Coast opportunity area: delivery plan
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-811-4PDF, 9MB, 42 pages
Norwich opportunity area: delivery plan
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-810-7PDF, 3.45MB, 34 pages
Oldham opportunity area: delivery plan
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-812-1PDF, 5.16MB, 38 pages
Stoke-on-Trent opportunity area: delivery plan
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-866-4PDF, 4.22MB, 56 pages
West Somerset opportunity area: delivery plan
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-813-8PDF, 3.31MB, 36 pages
Opportunity areas selection methodology
PDF, 124KB, 2 pages
Opportunity areas selection data
MS Excel Spreadsheet, 45.7KB
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Details
The delivery plans for the 12 opportunity areas outline how we plan to build young people’s knowledge and skills and provide them with the best advice and opportunities.
Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential
Opportunity areas are part of the government’s national plan for dealing with social mobility through education. The plan – Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential – is a policy paper which sets out how we will remove obstacles that could stop children and young people from achieving their potential in some of the most disadvantaged regions in England.
The 12 opportunity areas are:
- West Somerset
- Norwich
- Blackpool
- North Yorkshire coast
- Derby
- Oldham
- Bradford
- Doncaster
- Fenland and East Cambridgeshire
- Hastings
- Ipswich
- Stoke-on-Trent
Selection methodology
The selection methodology explains how we decided which areas would be classified as ‘opportunity areas’.
The selection data spreadsheet presents the data which we originally considered when identifying the areas in greatest need.
Sharing learning
Opportunity areas are at the heart of the government’s plan to level up outcomes for children and young people in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country. Sharing what is working in the opportunity areas is a key part of this, so that other areas can benefit from this learning to address social mobility challenges in their communities.
Opportunity areas analysis and evaluation
Learn how we are evaluating the success of the opportunity area programme, and helping other parts of the country benefit from our findings.
Published 9 October 2017
Last updated 19 May 2021 + show all updates
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Updated with details of the opportunity areas insight guides.
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Added links to websites for Norwich, Blackpool, Bradford and Doncaster.
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Added links to the pages for West Somerset, Derby, Oldham, Fenland and East Cambridgeshire and Ipswich.
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Added a link to the North Yorkshire coast website.
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Added 6 new opportunity area delivery plans.
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Norwich: updated missing information on Dr. Tim Coulson, Chair of the Norwich partnership board on page 15. Blackpool: amended the graph showing the percentage of pupils in schools by Ofsted rating (January 2017) on page 20.
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First published.
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