Key Trends In Educational Achievement

Question 1

Educational trends

Answer 1

GCSE performance by social class, gender and ethnicity

Attainment 8- progress made over 8 key subjects

University entrance

Question 2

How class can affect overall score (attainment 8 data)

Answer 2

Boys on FSM- 31.2 points
Boys not on FSM- 45.6 points
Girls on FSM- 37.7 points
Girls not on FSM- 51.0 points

Question 3

Key findings of attainment 8 data

Answer 3

For all ethnic groups, students on FSM underachieve compared with peers not on FSM

All ethnicities: girls achieve better than boys (average of 6pts whether on FSM or not)

Differences between FSM and non-FSM pupil attainment significantly worse for white students than other groups (17 points difference vs average of 14 points )