Mr Bangs argues that gender gap will not close in our schools without resources continuing to be being targeted at the biggest underachieving groups -
white working class boys and African - Caribbean boys.
The government statistics watchdog has criticised a tweet from the Department for Education that claimed «
white working class boys» performed better in grammar schools than in comprehensives.
Both the underperformance of
white working class boys in university admissions and the helping hand into the top professions provided by a private education were issues she insisted must be addressed in the fight «to make Britain a country that works for everyone».
White working class boys have lowest GCSE Grades as disadvantaged Bangladeshi, African and Chinese pupils show dramatically improved results
One tweet read: «70 % of
white working class boys from grammars go to uni vs 54 % from comprehensives.
Report from King's College London examines why so few
white working class boys go on to higher education and how this can be addressed.
But it is worrying that there is such a disparity in the achievement of different ethnic groups at GCSE and particularly concerning
that white working class boys and girls continue to perform so poorly.
Attainment in UK schools among disadvantaged pupils varies dramatically between different ethnicities, with
white working class boys achieving the lowest GCSE grades, according to new analysis.
We need a more concerted effort with
white working class boys, in particular.
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.
Meanwhile, just 28 % of
white working class boys who receive free school meals achieve five GCSEs at grade C or above.
Angela Rayner's clumsy interview blamed a race and equality agenda for failing
white working class boys - but it's government, not minorities, who are to blame
Not exact matches
If you want to read about populist nationalism and how it aroused the
white working class voters then The Bad
Boys of Brexit explains a lot.
People from rich households are more likely to reach the most prestigious institutions,
white working -
class boys rarely make it to higher education and there is a big black attainment gap.
«Harnessing that same will to learn that we see in many ethnic minority groups in
white working class communities should be a part of the solution to the low attainment of many
boys and girls.
In fact, with the possible exception of minority
boys from the Caribbean, schools whose student population had shifted from
white working class to minority were usually schools with high gain scores.
Their lowest - achieving demographic group is
working -
class white boys.
The issues it highlighted included the labelling of «
working class boys», as the DfE does not collect information on pupils» socio - economic status and the statistics quoted were actually about
white make students who were eligible for free school meals in year 11.
White working class pupils achieve the lowest grades at GCSE of any main ethnic group, with just a quarter of
boys and a third of girls achieving 5 good GCSEs.
«
White,
working -
class boys are in danger of becoming an educational underclass,» said the think tank's director, Christian Guy.