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The
Popu
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n of
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UK
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EDUCATION…THE SORTING OUT OF CHILDREN
Chapter 3
THE POPULATIONOF THE UKA different view of life in the United Kingdomby Danny Dorling and Benjamin D. Hennig
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Children doing well at age 11Ratio of numbers achieving a score greater than four to those achieving less than four in 1998Data source: Key Stage 2 results from neighbourhood statistics website
Figure 3.1Education…the sorting out of children
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Figure 3.2Education…the sorting out of children
Children achieving no qualificationsby age 15/16, 1993-1999The proportions of children receiving no GCSE results are shownData source: Analysis of national school league tables for Britain 1993-99
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Figure 3.3Education…the sorting out of children
Children achieving few qualificationsby age 15/16, 1993-1999The proportions of children receiving less than five GCSEs at level A-G are shownData source: Analysis of national school league tables for Britain 1993-99
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Figure 3.4Education…the sorting out of children
Children achieving low qualificationsby age 15/16, 1993-1999The proportions of all children receiving fewer than five A-C GCSE results are shownData source: Analysis of national school league tables for Britain 1993-99
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Children aged 15/16 1993-99 by school type & GCSEsCharts are drawn in proportion to total numbers of children attending each type of school and shaded
by the shares awarded particular grades - Data source: Analysis of national school league tables for Britain 1993-00 Figure 3.5Education…the sorting out of children
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Figure 3.6Education…the sorting out of children
Children attending private schoolsat age 15, 1993-1999
Data source: Analysis of national school league tables for Britain 1993-99
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Figure 3.7Education…the sorting out of children
Annual decline in childrengiven low qualifications, 1993-1999Average fall in the numbers receiving lower than five A-C GCSE grades at age 15/16 as a proportion of those numbersData source: Analysis of national school league tables for Britain, 1993-99
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Students aged 16+ in educationAbsolute counts in 2001 by European Constituency areaData source: Analysis of the 2001 Census Key Statistics by local authority
Figure 3.8Education…the sorting out of children
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University graduates aged 21+Absolute counts in 2001 by European Constituency areaData source: Analysis of the 2001 Census Key Statistics by local authority
Figure 3.9Education…the sorting out of children
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Figure 3.10Education…the sorting out of children
Change in area share of graduatesaged 21+, 1971-2001Figures show the 2001 share of the total graduate proportion less the 1971 shareData source: Analysis of the 2001 Census Key Statistics by local authority and the 1971 Census
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Key Point Summary
• Most children in Britain either fail at school or are labelled
second class at university
• The type of school a child in Britain attends has a huge
influence on his or her exam results
• Getting high exam results is more about social sorting than
about being clever
Education…the sorting out of children