In a piece of research that will surprise no one, it turns out that children of wealthier parents do better at school.
However, while it is obvious that PP students and especially FSM pupils perform particularly badly, pupils from below-median-income families perform lower than, but more in line with children from wealthier families than with PP pupils.
What the DfE really want to know in this consultation, however, is whether they should refer to below-median-income families who don't qualify for PP as 'Ordinary Working Families'.
consult.education.gov.uk/school-leadership-analysis-unit/analysing-family-circumstances-and-education-1/
Good to know that they are spending their time and effort focusing on the key issues in education at the moment.
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noblegiraffe · 12/04/2017 18:30
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