Ethnic Minority Disadvantage In Education

Question 1

DfE statistics

Answer 1

GCSE results with an average attainment 8 score were 39.6% for black Caribbean whereas it was 46.1% for white British

Question 2

Mirza

Answer 2

Studied black Caribbean girls and found that they faced institutional racism and negative labelling from teachers whilst still achieving in education, this could’ve lowered their potential due to lack of support from teachers

Question 3

Gill born

Answer 3

Black Caribbean boys face institutionalised racism at school and are put into lower sets and entered for lower tier exams limiting their chances of success, narrowing their future opportunities