Social class and educational achievement: evidence
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- Created on: 06-11-18 20:46
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- Social Class Evidence
- Emma Perry and Becky Francis
- 'the higher the social class of the parents the more successful a child will be in education
- 'Social class is the strongest predictor of educational achievement'
- Albert Halsey used sample of 8,000 males born between 1913-1952,
- divided them into 3 main groups
- The intermediate class selfempolyed, sales workers, lower grade technicians
- The service class professionalsadministrator+ managers
- The working class manual workers in industry + agriculture
- R/C 4x school at 16 8x at 17 10x at 18 and 11x going to uni
- 2 more factors influencing it
- home encouragement + parental attitudes
- uneven distribution of grammar schools with more being in middle class areas than working class
- divided them into 3 main groups
- Statistics show that children who are eligible for free school meals:
- less likely to go uni ect
- don't reach expected level in KS2 (53.5% do)
- Attain poorer examination results
- 75% upper middle class get 5 or more A*-C at GCSEs compared to 1/3 from lower working class www.gov.uk
- do worst (SATs)
- more likely to start school unable to read
- more likely to be placed in lower streams and sets
- less likely to get places in the best state schools
- Emma Perry and Becky Francis
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