Middlesbrough, the town in which I work, was named the worst place to grow up as a girl in a study completed by the charity Plan International.
In the first study of its kind, Plan International looked at the educational outcomes, teenage pregnancy rates and life expectancy of girls in England and Wales and found that Middlesbrough was poor in all areas, making it the worst place to grow up as a girl.
The school is majority White working class, with 73 per cent of pupils eligible for the Pupil Premium. It is the most deprived school outside of London, in a post-industrial town. This was not new information, but we knew we had to act.
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