White working-class kids still Left to rot

BE UNDER no illusion, our white working-class youngsters have been sacrificed on the altar of Left-wing progressive thinking.

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For too long we have ignored their plight, particularly that of boys, even when statistics have proved for years that they were struggling the most in our society.

Five years ago the Sewell Report concluded that the biggest drivers of disadvantage in our society are not race but class, geography and family stability. This week that report is being revisited by Lord Sewell and the evidence suggests that things haven’t changed.

A new report from the Centre for Social Justice has concluded that “White working-class boys from the poorest homes are still stuck at the bottom of the class.”

Last year only 36% of white British boys on free school meals reached the expected standard in GCSE maths and English compared with 39% of black Caribbean boys, 82% of Chinese boys and 68% of Bangladeshi boys.