Stats

• The centre for longitudinal studies : by the age of 3 children from disadvantaged backgrounds are 1 year behind
• 90% of ‘failing’ schools are in deprived areas
• GOV.UK (2022)

  28% educational gap between FSM and non FSM
• GOV.UK (2023)

  24% of students are on FSM
• 20% of those eligible for FMS dont take them (bullying-Flaherty)
• Ofqual (2021)

  61% of independent school pupils28% of state school pupils

  = achieve grades 7-9
• IFS (2020)

  over 70% of private school students are uni grads by 26 vs 20% of students from the poorest 1/5 of households
• UoM (2019)

  6% of young people are privately educated --> but make up 55% of students at Russell Group uni
• ONS (2019)

  a disadvantaged student = 3x more likely to be excluded from school
• (2022) 54% of women were in HE by 19, compared to only 40% of men
• (2023) 65% of males achieved a pass at GCSEs vs 71.7% of females
• (2023)

  80% of computer science pupils are male

  75% of physics students are male

  65% of further maths pupils are male
• (2023)

  Performing arts: 90% of students are female

  English Literature: 78% female

  Sociology: 77% female
• (2022)

  aged 5, girls were 3.2 months ahead of boys
• GOV.UK (2022 )

  75.5% of school teachers = women (in every ethnic group, there were more female than male teachers)

  white British people

  85.2% = male teachers

  85.0% = female teachers.