The article is crap, another wailing load of rubbish that being "woke" is limiting options for white british boys.
He even manipulates the figures about white students being under represented, they are of course the majority but white British students make up over 66 percent of all students (note British not Irish or any other natjonality) the ISC notes that this trend is broadly in line with national figures. The whole point he then goes on to make about "white privilege"is shit too because doesn't he portrays these figures as whites being under represented. They aren't white British students are slightly under represented but this is easily explained by the presence of a larger number of students whose parents are not British and live overseas (5.4 percent) than UK state schools. Add this figure in to the mix and it actually shows in comparison to the state sector British children of an ethnic background are under represented in private schools. Also, as we know, more than half of the scholarships/busaries awarded go to families who pay more than half the fees, the key data he misses out here (and the ISC don't report on) is ethnicity of those receiving support, which is most likely to be overwhelmingly white.
Again repeatedly comparing other scholarships at universities is erroneous as said previously many of these are targeted specifically at certain groups and make up.
White working class boys are not under achieving because they have a lack of opportunity or they have recieved less funding than minorities students or because we are improving equality for others. Two thirds of children in reciept of PP and FSM are white, and significant schemes have operated for years to improve the attainment of these students. There is also the need to note the fact that these figures aren't always honestly reported, black students and others groups still under perform. but, this isn't mentioned.
Its also important to note one other important part of the data, ethnic minorities are more likely to be grouped in cities where as white working classes dominate rural and deindustrialised areas. White working class students in cities perform significantly better than their counter parts in these other areas. This means that accurate comparison is harder (is it mainly ethnic disparities or regional?).
In the end Trevor Phillips has conflated many issues together in order to appear anti "woke". Its crap.