Not exact matches
«Increased freedoms for schools have also resulted in heightened concerns about widening racial disparities affecting BME
pupils, with black Caribbean
pupils being three times more likely to be excluded
from schools comparted to
white pupils.
Bangladeshi, Indian, black African and Pakistani
pupils from poorer homes were also found to perform «well above» the national average, while
white working class boys achieve the lowest grades at GCSE of any main ethnic group.
The government
white paper, published on 17 March 2016, also includes proposals to continue
pupil premium plus funding and increase targeted support for looked after children and those who have been adopted
from care or left care under special guardianship or a child arrangements order.
Using a complicated formula approved by the court, the state funds magnet schools that accept students
from several different districts (at a minimum there must be two) at a per -
pupil rate that increases as the number of districts sending students increases — an attempt to bring central - city minority students and
white suburban students together in the same school.
The report recommends that working with
white working class
pupils from an early age and engaging parents are key in ensuring all young people have the opportunity to participate in higher education.»
The study claimed that at the age of five,
white British
pupils are ahead of those
from ethnic backgrounds, but fall behind by age 16.
Chinese
pupils from disadvantaged homes are almost three times as likely as
white working class
pupils to get five good GCSEs, according to new analysis published by the Sutton Trust today.
It found that
white British
pupils from the poorest families were the least likely to go to university.