Attainment - black and minority ethnic groups (UK)

Context - Influencing factors

Black children are viewed as having low self esteem and lacking confidence to succeed, coming from single parent households – hence they lack male role models (REACH 2007) - with poor home environments and to have parents who do not help with homework or attend parents' meetings (see critiques by Maylor forthcoming, Reynolds 2009, Vincent et al., 2012)

Institutional/cultural racism - Black pupils are perceived as unlikely to achieve highly (based on refuted stereotyped 19th scientific theories of IQ which view Black people genetically/intellectually inferior);

There is a tendency to view/push Black children into sports and the music industry where they are considered 'naturally' gifted

Black pupils are considered more likely to present behavioural challenges in the classroom, leading to Black pupils being three times more likely to be excluded than White students