High-performing schools in England ‘should be encouraged to admit more white working-class pupils’

According to an independent inquiry reported by The Guardian, white working-class children are the lowest-performing large demographic in England's schools. The report concludes the education system wasn't set up to serve these children and families. The recommendation: high-performing primary and secondary schools should be encouraged to admit more disadvantaged pupils from white working-class backgrounds. The inquiry says once-in-a-generation changes are needed to reverse a continuing crisis in educational achievement.

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