John Lewis Partnership chair Sharon White: “To have done ten years, 11, 12 years of education, and not having, in many cases, functional literacy, certainly, pr

John Lewis Partnership chair Sharon White: “To have done ten years, 11, 12 years of education, and not having, in many cases, functional literacy, certainly, pretty typically not having functional numeracy beyond the age of, I’d say, ten, 11, means that they may then have fabulous people skills and fabulous skills in terms of operating in a team but that’s almost out with the education system,” White said. Glass houses.