In the case of black heritage graduates it was a numbers issue: as a percentage of those achieving high grades at A Level; 22 per cent of Chinese students, 10 per
cent of white students and 9.9 per cent of Asian students achieved three As at A Level in 2015, while only 3.9 per cent of black heritage students attained the same.
Eighty - three per cent of Chinese pupils on free school meals achieve five Cs or above in their GCSEs, yet just 35 per
cent of white students on FSMs in England do — comfortably the lowest of any ethnic group.
Eighty - three per cent of Chinese pupils on free school meals achieve five Cs or above in their GCSEs, yet just 35 per
cent of white students do.
Not exact matches
White British
students are more likely to drop out
of post 16 education than ethnic minority
students: Indian (3 per
cent), Pakistani / Bangladeshi (8 per
cent), Black (7 per
cent) and
White British (10 per
cent)
For example, 13 year old
white students were 80 per
cent in 1978
of NAEP - tested
students, but declined to 56 per
cent in 2012.