statistics

Question 1

GCSE score patterns

Answer 1

high achievers: chinese, asian, mixed and irish pupils

low achievers: black and white pupils just at/ below average

Question 2

3 A grades at A Level

Answer 2

chinese- most likely

11. 2% white british
12. 6% black caribbean
13. 5% black other

Question 3

higher education

Answer 3

17.8% students are BME (only 14% of pop) - Bloch et al

11% white school leavers attend a russel group
6% black school leavers attend a russel group

73. 5% white male undergrads get 1/2:1
74. 2% black male undergrads get 1/2:1 - E+HRC 2016

60X more likely to see a professor like you if youre a white male than if your a black female

0.3% of medicine/ dentistry students are black caribbean

Question 4

Representation of BME teachers

Answer 4

86.2% of all teachers whos ethnicity was known are white british
93% of headteachers were white british

Question 5

racist harassment and bullying

Answer 5

88,000 racist incidents recorded 2007-2011
4,590 pupils excluded for racist bullying 2018
1,400 children contacted childline for counselling due to racist bullying (runnymede 2015)

Question 6

racist bullying theory

Answer 6

1986 Burnage High school murder of 13 yr old boy
Burgess + Wilson 2005 - secondary school children more segregated in schools than in the neighbourhood
“Racist language and behaviour in schools is a mirror of the power relations of the wider society.” (Andrews 2015)