Explaining Class Differences - Textbook

Question 1

Which class on average performs better in education?

Answer 1

Middle-class families.

Question 2

How does the class gap between m/c and w/c grow?

Answer 2

As children get older.

Question 3

What do m/c children do that w/c children dont?

Answer 3

• Do better at GCSE
• Stay in full-time education longer
• Take the majority of university places.

Question 4

What is one popular explanation of class difference in achievement?

Answer 4

Better off parents send their children to private schools which provide a higher standard of education.

Question 5

What are average class sizes of private schools?

Answer 5

Less than 1/2 of those in state schools.

Question 6

What % of children are educated in private schools?

Answer 6

7%

Question 7

What do private schools account for?

Answer 7

Nearly half of all students entering the elite universities.

Question 8

Sutton trust

Answer 8

In a 3 year period one public school alone sent 211 pupils to Oxbridge while over 1,300 state schools sent none at all.

Question 9

What are internal factors?

Answer 9

Factors within schools and the education system e.g. interactions between pupils and teachers, and inequalities between schools.

Question 10

What are external factors?

Answer 10

Factors outside the education system e.g. influence of home and family background and wider society.