Ethnicity Highs and Lows in Educational Attainment in England 2004

Ethnicity Highs and Lows in Educational Attainment in England 2004


Minority ethnic groups with higher achievement than the national
average:

Chinese pupils are the best performing minority ethnic group in all
subjects at Key Stage 1, at Key Stage 2 (with the exception of
English), at 5 or more A* to C grades at GCSE and equivalent and at
Post-16
For example, at Key Stage 2 mathematics 89 per cent of Chinese pupils
achieved the expected level, compared to 73 per cent nationally.
Indian pupils and pupils of Mixed White and Asian heritage consistently
achieve above the national average across Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and
at GCSE and Equivalent. However, Indian pupils perform at a slightly
lower level compared to the national average at Post-16.
Irish pupils perform better than the national average at Key Stage 2,
at GCSE and equivalent and at Post-16.
Chinese, Indian and pupils of Mixed White and Asian pupils made the
most progress between Key Stage 2 to Age 15 and Key Stage 3 to Age 15
with the highest value added measures.
For example, Chinese pupils made the most progress between Key Stage 2
to Age 15, with a value added measure of 1036.1, compared to 986.3
across all maintained pupils.
Minority ethnic groups with lower achievement than the national
average:

Travellers of Irish heritage and Gypsy/Roma pupils perform considerably
below the national average at all Key Stages and at GCSE and
equivalent. However, it should be noted that very small numbers of
pupils were recorded in these two categories.
For example, at Key Stage 1 reading, 31 per cent and 45 per cent
respectively achieved the expected level, compared to 85 per cent
nationally.
All the minority ethnic groups within the Black category and pupils of
Mixed White and Black Caribbean heritage are consistently below the
national average across all Key Stages, at GCSE and equivalent and
Post-16.
For example, at Key Stage 2 mathematics, 61 per cent of Black Caribbean
pupils, 64 per cent of Black African, 64 per cent of other Black pupils
and 69 per cent of Mixed White and Black Caribbean pupils achieved the
expected level compared to 73 per cent nationally.
Bangladeshi and Pakistani pupils perform consistently below the
national average at all Key Stages and at 5 or more grades A*-C at GCSE
and equivalent.
For example, at Key Stage 2 science, 77 per cent of Bangladeshi pupils
and 72 per cent of Pakistani pupils achieved the expected level
compared to 86 per cent nationally. However, Bangladeshi pupils'
relative attainment is closer to the national average at GCSE and
equivalent, with 48.4 per cent at 5 or more A*-C compared to 51.9 per
cent nationally.
Bangladeshi and Black African pupils consistently had higher Value
Added scores (and thus made more progress) than the average for all
pupils.
For example, between Key Stage 2 - age 15 Bangladeshi pupils had a
Value Added score of 1019.3 and Black African pupils had a score of
1017.3 compared to an average for all pupils of 986.3.

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