Georgina Burt is the Senior Education Policy Officer at Child Poverty Action Group, working across the education sector with schools, trusts, local authorities and policy-makers to make schools more inclusive and equitable for children from low-income families. A qualified teacher and school governor Georgina now works in partnership with young people to ensure that the experiences of children are used to inform and challenge policy and practice in education and that young people are heard on issues that matter to them.
The Child Poverty Action Group works on behalf of the more than one in four children in the UK growing up in poverty, using its understanding of what causes poverty and the impact it has on children’s lives to campaign for policies that will prevent and solve poverty – for good.
Georgina Burt
Senior Education Policy Officer
Child Poverty Action Group