This paper by the Conservative party states that in the past decade educational inequality has increased and that the current education system entrenches disadvantage.
Key points:
- 55% of secondary schools in the 10% most deprived parts of England do not achieve 30% of children getting five good GCSEs including English and maths – the Government’s official benchmark for a failing school. This is compared to just 3 per cent in the 10 per cent least deprived areas.
- Last year five local authorities – including Islington, Darlington and Blackpool – did not have a single pupil from a maintained school attempt GCSE Physics.
- Last year, over 60 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals did not gain the 3Rs at Key Stage 2.
- Shockingly, 33,909 pupils eligible to receive free school meals did not attain any GCSE grades higher than a D in 2006/07 – 47% of all FSM pupils.
- In the last year, the attainment gap at GCSE between the poorest areas and the wealthiest widened by 15pp – from 28% to 43%.
- In 2002, the gap between free school meal pupils and the rest in science at Key Stage 2 was 10pp; it now stands at 15. And the gap has widened to 20% in maths – up from 16% in 2002.
- In 2002, at Key Stage 2 (aged 11), the gap between 11 year-olds eligible for free school meals (FSM) and those who were not reaching the expected level was 26 points for English, 16 points for maths and 10 points for science.
- In 2005, for the same pupils aged 14 this gap had grown to 27 points for English, 27 points for maths and 30 points for science.
- And in 2007, by the time pupils came to take GCSEs 21.1% of FSM pupils gained five good GCSEs including English and maths, compared to 49% of non-FSM pupil s- a gap of nearly 28%
The paper does not state any recommendations nor give Conservative Party policy.
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