Ofsted head: white working-class ‘less driven than migrants’

Amanda Spielman says lower aspirations to blame for underperforming schools in poor white British areas

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Schools in white working-class areas are underachieving because local families are not as motivated as immigrant communities, according to Ofsted’s chief inspector.

Speaking at the Festival of Education in Berkshire on Thursday, Amanda Spielman “hit back at claims that the inspection system is biased against schools serving white working-class communities”, says Tes (formerly the Times Educational Supplement).

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