Seven-time Formula 1 world champio𒁃n Lewis Hamilton met the United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday to d🐟iscuss reforms in the education sector.

Hamilton was part of a roundtable with Starm🎶er and Secretary of State for Education Bridget Phillipson to support his foundation Mission 44, which he founded in 2021 to build an iꦇnclusive education system where every child is supported.

The discussion f꧙ocused on what the government could do to support schools and increas✱e pupil engagement.

It was agreed that the UK would create a framework♏ by 2026 which will “provide guidance including case studies, to help schools monitor school experience and learn from what works. It will also highlight the importance oꦺf young people feeling included, so they can attend, enjoy and achieve.”

Further, the go𓃲ver🅷nment will collect and publish annual data on pupils’ “sense of belonging, enjoyment and safety.”

A further commitment was﷽ made to collaborate with Mission 44 to recruit more teachers from diverse backgrounds, including ethnic minorities.

Hamilton stressed that his own 🍷experience prompted him to do something about the next generation of school-going children.

“I struggled in school and never felt like my voice was heard, that’s why I know first-hand t🌸hat ensuring every student feels they belong in school is vital,” he said.

“I’m g♊rateful that off the back of this meeting, the government has committed to working with Mission 44 to enact change focused on making the education system more in🐼clusive. 

“I’m so proud of how far Mission 44 has come in such a short space of time and the opportunity we have to transform the lives of vul𒐪nerable students across the country.”

During the meeting, Hamilton was joined by several representatives of Mission 44, as well as te🐠achers, young people and others working across the education system.

The prime m𒊎inister also issued his remarks following 𒀰the roundtable .

“One of the things Lewis and I talked about when we thought about the idea of getting something together like this was having young people ཧin a posit༺ion where they could use their voices and be heard.” said Starmer.

“I want to thank Lewis—this was his idea, thꦡis is his legacy. He’s inspired generations and is now using that influence on this project and is designed to make a real differenc🌞e in the lives of young people across the country.

“I think we need to acknowledge we’re in a really challenging time for young people. A lot of children left school at the beginning of the COVID pandemic and hav𓃲en’t gone back to school.

“The achievement gap between the richest and poorest is back to l🎃evels we haven’t seen since 2011. That’s shocking. Because I like to think we’re a country that always moves forwards. Always taking a step in the right direction. So when things start going backwards we know we have a real problem. 

“That’s why I’m really pleased we’re g🌠oing to publish a best practice framework—to encourage students to enjoy learning, achieve their potential, and have confidence.”