After studying the exam performances of more than two million pupils in England, academics from the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics have concluded that this is because skills like “confidence, perseverance and resilience” have a significant effect on achievement.
Richard Murphy and Felix Weinhardt also conducted a survey of confidence among 15,000 youngsters, asking them to rate how good they thought they were at English, maths and science.
The duo found that early academic success made children more confident in their abilities. Having to compete against higher achieving peers, however, may knock the confidence of pupils who believe they are in the bottom half of the class.
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