education stats Flashcards
In 2022 what percentage of students on FSM achieved a 5 or above in maths and English GCSEs compared to 57% of non FSM students?
29%
Chinese students are the highest performing students with what percentage getting 5s or above in English and Maths?
75%
Black Caribbean pupils are the lowest achieving pupils with what percentage achieving 5 or above in Maths and English gcse?
26.9%
where was the UK placed for maths ability for 15 year olds in the 2012 PISA tests?
The UK was placed 26th out of 65 countries in terms of maths ability for 15 year olds in the 2012 PISA tests.
The Wolff Report into employability skills in the UK 2010
Wolff Report into employability skills in the UK in 2010 and suggested that the
education system had failed to adequately equip students with the numeracy
and literacy skills required to hold down permanent employment.
Washbrook and Waldfogel for the Sutton Trust- material deprivation and educational achievement
Looked at the scores of 5 year olds vocab tests and found a 31% difference between m/c and w/c pupils which could be explained by material deprivation
Sutton Trust 2010
Found that private school students were 22x more likely to get into a high ranked university than FSM pupils and 55x more likely to get into Oxford or Cambridge.
1980-1997 Conservative governments Assisted Places Scheme
Helped 75,000 high performing students get into private schools who could not afford the fees to attend them.
UCAS 2015
Found that white pupils were significantly more likely to be offered university places than Black pupils even when they applied with the same A levels.
Steve Strand- institutional racism
Found that African Carribean pupils did significantly worse in education at the age of 14 than their white peers and were less likely to be entered for higher level exams.
Gillborn and Mirza-
Found that social class has 5x more effect and ethnicity has twice the effect on educational achievement than gender
Evaluation from the Aiming High project
Found that African Caribbean pupils are underrepresented in higher ability sets, higher tests and higher examination tiers.
Rampton Report 1981
Aimed to look at the challenges faced by West Indian children in the education system. They found evidence of underachievement and proposed specific actions to aid achievement.
How many times are White and Indian households likely to be in the top 40% of income earners compared to Pakistani and Bangladeshi households?
White and Indian households are four times as likely to be in the top 40% of income earners compared to Pakistani and Bangladeshi household.
However, there is significant evidence that material deprivation does not correlate to underachievement of ethnic minorities as Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Chinese pupils are all poorer than white pupils but achieve better results.
The 2022 GCSE grades showed how much of a gender gap?
The 2022 GCSE results showed a 5.7% gender gap.
