Education is failing young people living in the most disadvantaged communities.
It’s an ugly statement, but while there are of course many wonderful exceptions, the rule is that education is still widening the social divide.
The fact of the matter is that the aid doesn’t work. Education in disadvantaged communities needs to move to an “investment in outcomes” mentality.
This social divide starts from home, where children raised in middle class families can expect 6,000 more hours of extra-curricular opportunity by age 11 when compared with their peers born into poverty.
Add to this the fact that pupils attending secondary schools in the most disadvantaged quartile are 10 times as likely to attend a school that is “inadequate”, and only a third as likely to attend an “outstanding school” compared to their peers in the most advantaged quartile.
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