This is our formal response to the UN Secretary-General’s Synthesis Report on the Post 2015 Development Agenda entitled “The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet”, considering the report from an education perspective. The text of the original report can be accessed in the official UN languages here. The Synthesis report is a critical input into the political negotiations in the run-up to the finalisation of the Post-2015 SDG agenda.