Ethnic Minority Disadvantage Education

Question 1

What did DfE statistics (2019) say?

Answer 1

• GCSE results with an average attainment 8 score were as follows
• Chinese 64.2%, Indian 56.3%, white British 46.1% and Black Caribbean 39.6%

Question 2

What did Mirza say?

Answer 2

• black Caribbean girls faced institutionalised racism and negative labelling from teachers
• although they resisted this and achieved in education, they faced these negative attitudes and potentially did not achieve as well as they could due to lack of support from teachers

Question 3

What did Gillborn say?

Answer 3

• Black Caribbean boys face institutional racism at school and they are put into lower sets and entered for lower tier exams limiting their chances of success
• narrows down their future opportunities