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Underachievement in Education by White Working Class Children

Inquiry by the Education Committee, 16 July 2013 to 15 September 2014. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 4 December 2013: Professor David Gillborn, Director, Centre for Research in Race & Education , Dr John Jerrim, Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of Education , Julian King-Harris, Head of School Improvement and Standards, Slough Borough Council , Dr Feyisa Demie, Adviser for School Self-evaluation, Schools Research and Statistics Unit (at 09:30); Professor Robert Plomin, MRC Research Professor and Deputy Director Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Professor Becky Francis, King's College London, Loic Menzies, Director, LKMco, Jenny North, Director of Policy and Strategy Impetus, The Private Equity Foundation (at 10:30).
  • 15 January 2014: Dr Christopher Wood, Ofsted, David Hughes, Chief Executive, NIACE, Dr Kevan Collins, Chief Executive, Education Endowment Foundation, Professor Stephen Gorard, Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University (at 09:30); Vic Goddard, Principal, Passmores Academy, Essex, Dr John Stephens, National College of Teaching and Leadership, Heath Monk, Chief Executive, Future Leaders Trust, David Jones,Federation Head, Holybrook Primary School and Parkland Primary School, Bradford (at 10:30).
  • 29 January 2014: Conor Ryan, Director, Research and Communications, Sutton Trust, Charles Parker, Chief Executive, Baker Dearing Educational Trust, Keith Smith, Executive Director, Funding and Programmes Skills Funding Agency, and Professor Alison Wolf CBE, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management, King's College London; Owen Jones, Author, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, Alex Burghart, Director of Policy, Centre for Social Justice, Professor Denis Mongon, Visiting Professorial Fellow, Institute of Education, University of London, and Chris Wellings, Head of Programme Policy, Save the Children (at 10.30 am).
  • 26 February 2014: Rt Hon David Laws MP, Minister of State for Schools, Department for Education