Boarding schools will help the vulnerable, minister says

 More children from disadvantaged backgrounds should be sent to boarding schools to “vastly improve their outcomes” and “turn their lives around”, an education minister will say today.

The comments came after a government study found that giving vulnerable children a boarding school place can dramatically improve their future.

Nadhim Zahawi, who is in charge of helping disadvantaged children, will tell the Conservative Progress Conference: “The key to getting these children to achieve the outcomes they deserve is stability, support and an excellent education. And I believe our independent schools need to do their share to help out.

“Evidence shows that when children in need go to state-run boarding schools, they are able to turn their lives around and vastly improve their outcomes. But we must also open up private boarding schools and private day schools, too,” he is expected to say.