Sunderland school shows children from poor white families can achieve GCSE results on par with affluent areas
Hetton Academy in Hetton-le-Hole achieved 80% pass rates in GCSE maths and English with an almost entirely white working-class intake and half of pupils on free school meals. This is a rare result: only 339 such schools exist in England out of roughly 3,000. The article examines the school's methods and the context of the inquiry into the underachievement of white working-class families.
Otabek Yusupov