White British students make up more than three-quarters of low-achievers in English schools and do worse than children from other ethnic groups with similar economic backgrounds. Boys outnumber girls as low-achievers at school by three to two.
These frightening statistics – outlined in the report Tackling Low Educational Achievement from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation – are something that I have observed in every school I have worked in.
In response to the problem, Ofsted is now focusing more on outcomes for pupils receiving Pupil Premium, and in the last two inspections I have been involved with, I have seen a real focus on boys on free school meals in particular – and rightly so.
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