Overview
- Lord Sewell is expected to use a Westminster event marking five years since the race disparities report to tell the Prime Minister his government is failing white working‑class boys.
- CSJ analysis reports that only 35.9–36% of white British pupils on free school meals achieved grade 4 or above in GCSE English and maths, compared with about 65% across all students.
- Official government data reported in May showed white working‑class pupils were behind their peers in all but 21 of more than 3,400 secondary schools in England.
- The Centre for Social Justice argues that family structure and class are major drivers of the gap, highlighting lower rates of two‑parent married households among disadvantaged white families.
- Boys account for 83% of permanent exclusions and face higher NEET risks, and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has called outcomes for white working‑class pupils a national disgrace.