interactionalism

• children from middle class backgrounds are found to perform better than the working class
• the class gap achievement grows wider as children get older
• middle class children do better at GCSE, stay longer in full time education and more likely to go to uni
• higher the class the greater the achievement
• GCSE--->middle class more likely to get 5 A*-C

WHY?
catchment areas
abolishment of EMA
ideal student
symbolic violence
curriculum
increased uni fees
  
reasons for social class differences in achievement 
1) internal -inside school 
2) external - outside school