Material Deprivation

• What is material deprivation?

  Poverty and lack of material necessities such as adequate housing or income
• What is the catchment area?

  The priority area from which primary and secondary schools draw their pupils from
• What issues may there be with the catchment area in deprived neighbourhoods?

  • High unemployment
  • Juvenile delinquency
  • Crime and drug abuse
  • Poverty
• What did Callender and Jackson's questionnaire from 2000 students reveal?


  Working class students are more debt adverse and see more costs than benefits in going to university.
• What do theorists say would be the best way to boost achievement in schools?

  Peter Robinson (1997) argues that tackling child poverty would be the most effective way to boost achievement