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Left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds

Inquiry

The Education Committee is to investigate the issues faced by disadvantaged groups, with an initial inquiry into the educational underachievement of white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds including white working class pupils.

This inquiry will examine the extent of the achievement gap between this group and their peers and how it is measured, alongside a consideration of the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. It will also look at what the priorities should be for tackling this issue.

Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry.

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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First Report - The forgotten: how White working-class pupils have been let down, and how to change it
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Response to this report
The forgotten: how White working-class pupils have been let down, and how to change it - Government response to the Committee’s First Report
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The forgotten: how White working-class pupils have been let down, and how to change it - Government response to the Committee’s First Report
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Minster of State for School Standards on careers advice and the pupil premium, dated 15 March 2021
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Oral evidence transcripts

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3 November 2020
Inquiry Left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
Witnesses Jonathan Douglas (Chief Executive at National Literacy Trust), and Ed Vainker (Chief Executive Officer at Reach Academy)
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Oral Evidence
13 October 2020
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Witnesses Mary Curnock Cook OBE, Professor Becky Francis (Chief Executive at Education Endowment Foundation), and Dr Sam Baars (Director of Research and Operations at The Centre for Education and Youth)
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19 May 2021
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Written evidence

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Nick Hurn OBE (Chief Executive Officer at Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust) (LBP0052)
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London and South East Education Group (LBP0064)
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Barnardo’s (LBP0065)
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Other publications

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Contact us

  • Email: educom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 2370 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 8895 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Education Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA