12. Ethnicity and Education Flashcards
what does over-represented mean in relation to statistics
if society was completely fair, achievement would be the same no matter your ethnicity. when one group has more of less achievement that shows there is some kind of inequality present.
How many students are eligible for FSM
24%
2 million
How many female and male students?
female - 4.44 million
male - 4.64 million - 51%
How many different ethnicities?
white - 72.1%
asian - 13.1%
black - 6.1%
mixed - 7%
unclassified - 1.7%
What is the educational achievement trends for attainment 8
Asian male and female perform better than all other ethnicities
How are graphs broken down and categorised normally?
Asian
Black
Mixed
White
Other
Why is this system unhelpful?
the broad stroke category ethnic minority will be used and this doesn’t help with understanding where the problems are.
What is the educational achievement trend for ethnic subgroup ‘Asian’?
broken into Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian Pakistani, Other Asian
Chinese perform best
Distinct differences in cultures of groups
What is attainment 8
what grade you achieve at the end of year GCSE exam
What does data show about children identifying as Asian background
Asian students do better at school and get a higher attainment than any other students from different backgrounds
Boys achieve 5.0 higher and so do girls
Why is it important to differentiate the categories of ethnic minority and other
Chinese students gain 65.0 attainment, but Pakistani only achieve 45.0, so it’s unfair to place them in the same group Asian
How does Black ethnic subgroups achieve at GCSE
Black Caribbean students underachieve the most compared to Black African students who do the best. Black other is in the middle
Why is there a difference in achievement for Black Caribbean and Black African students.
For Caribbean students, teachers have low expectations, racism and lack diversity to teacher. This is effected by poverty and social class issues, like FSM.
Black Africans tried harder to integrate when they arrived in 1990s, due to later establishment than the others in 50s.
How do Mixed ethnic subgroups achieve at GCSE
Mixed Asian do best.
Mixed Black African next
Mixed Black Caribbean.
Other mixed.
Only 6.8% pupils identify as Mixed back grounds.
What does the data show about the impact of cultural mixed backgrounds
Caribbean white is the lowest and African White is the highest, in accordance to national data so it is not that impacting in itself.
What barriers do Mixed pupils face in the education system?
racism, unconscious bias, white British superiority, FSM= poverty
Why do Black students under achieve more compared to others
They face higher school exclusions due to prejudices, compromising their education.
How does White ethnic subgroups achieve at GCSE
White Irish top
White British and other
Irish traveller
White Gyspy, Roma
White British pupils are below the national average right now, working class boys the lowest
What reasons are for Irish traveller and Gypsy Roma students for under achievement
highest rate of exclusions, student drops out at year 8
lack of inclusive teaching, limited access to learning at home, COVID 19 widened the gap, no support in place
How does ethnic subgroups achieve at 2 A levels
Chinese are the highest, then Asian and Mixed, before White and Black last.
How does ethnic subgroups achieve at 3 A levels
Chinese students get the highest AAB scores of all, with all others on a par. They also get 3 A*-A than the rest, (Asian, mixed, white, black, other.)
Do A level trends correlate to GCSE
Yes, Asian students still achieve the highest in both and Black students under achieve most on average.
It is wider spread and more pronounced at A level though.
What does the data show about different ethnic groups at A level
Chinese students do the best overall, while all other do about the same. Black students underperform and do worse than the majority.
Why is there a difference in achievement of ethnic groups?
Gender, Social Class
Black Caribbean Students are worst.
Has got better in last 20 years
