Sociology Education
Lisa Bennett
, Key Statistics for the
topic Ethnicity
● Nearly 80% of Chinese and Indian pupils achieve 5 or more
GCSE grades A*- C. and around 60% British / 50 % for Black
Class Caribbean pupils.
● Indian and Chinese pupils are x5 as likely to black pupils to
● 44% of working-class student
achieve
attend private schools.
5 A* to C grades at GCSE
compared to 86% of middle-
class students
Gender
● Barely 1/3 of FSM students ● At the end of YR1 girls are ahead of boys by up to 17% points at
achieve 5 or more A*-C GCSE the gender gap is still high at 10% points.
GCSES
● Only 40.6% of girls from poorer families achieve 5 A*-C to
● 7% of private school
children make up for nearly GCSE
half of all students entering ● Boys are x4 more likely to be excluded
Oxbridge
Lisa Bennett
, Key Statistics for the
topic Ethnicity
● Nearly 80% of Chinese and Indian pupils achieve 5 or more
GCSE grades A*- C. and around 60% British / 50 % for Black
Class Caribbean pupils.
● Indian and Chinese pupils are x5 as likely to black pupils to
● 44% of working-class student
achieve
attend private schools.
5 A* to C grades at GCSE
compared to 86% of middle-
class students
Gender
● Barely 1/3 of FSM students ● At the end of YR1 girls are ahead of boys by up to 17% points at
achieve 5 or more A*-C GCSE the gender gap is still high at 10% points.
GCSES
● Only 40.6% of girls from poorer families achieve 5 A*-C to
● 7% of private school
children make up for nearly GCSE
half of all students entering ● Boys are x4 more likely to be excluded
Oxbridge
