A new Government report reveals that white working-class pupils are rapidly falling behind other children and are the group that top school leaders are most concerned about. The report highlights issues such as deprivation, inter-generational poverty, and attitudes as contributing factors. The study surveyed the bosses of top academy trusts in England and found that their main worry was the dire progress of poorer white pupils.
The report said these pupils were hit by a 'combination of issues. Issues included deprivation, inter-generational poverty and attitudesWhite working-class pupils are rapidly falling behind other children and are the group that top school leaders are the 'most concerned' about, according to a new Government report.
The bosses of the top academy trusts, which run nearly 300 schools across England, were surveyed by Department for Education (DfE) chiefs for a new study about how to improve results for groups of ethnic-minority children. But the discussions revealed that the bosses' main worry was the dire progress of poorer white pupils, rather than their non-white classmates, according to the report. It said: 'For the majority of trust and school leaders to whom we spoke, the group of pupils about which they were most concerned was white British working-class pupil
White Working-Class Pupils Falling Behind Top School Leaders Concerned Government Report Deprivation Inter-Generational Poverty Attitudes Academy Trusts England
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