Poor white schoolchildren perform even more poorly than pupils who have English as their second language, an analysis of exam results has found.

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 11:46 AM on 26th April 2011

Pakistani, Bangladeshi and black youngsters all outperform their white English classmates from deprived backgrounds. Black British pupils score the equivalent of one A* higher than a white child from the poorest 20 per cent of the population, an analysis of three million sets of results revealed. And researchers found they also achieve worse exam scores than those who don’t list English as their first language. Youngsters with English as their second language are thought to perform better because many of them go to London schools where millions of pounds have been poured into education.

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