AO3 : gender, class & ethnicity

• similarities in girls' & boys' achievement far greater than differences
• class gap at GCSE 3x wider than gender gap
• class more important influence on pupil's achievement than gender
• Connolly


  -certain combinations of gender, class & ethnicity have more effects than others

  -gender gap among Black Caribbean pupils greater than among other ethnic groups
• Fuller


  -many black girls are successful because they define their femininity in terms of educational achievement & independence
• Sewell


  -some black boys fail because they define their masculinity in opposition to education

  they see as effiminate