Written question asked by Baroness Whitaker (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 November 2000. It was answered by Baroness Blackstone (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 November 2000.

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Blackstone, Baroness

Question

What plans they have to deal with the situation where African Carribean pupils enter compulsory schooling as the highest achieving group but leave it as the group least likely to gain five high-grade GCSEs, as revealed in the recent report 'Educational Inequality: Mapping Race, Class and Gender', commissioned by OFSTED. [HL 4497]. - Inc figures.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL 4497; 619 c23-4WA

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Ethnic groups Pupils Standards Schools GCSE

Contains statistics

Yes