Thread by @post_liberal, Nearly half of kids in London on free school meals end up [...]

Pete 🇬🇧

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Nearly half of kids in London on free school meals end up going to Uni whereas less than a quarter of kids in the North-West & North-East of England on free-school meals do so.

https://www.ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Geographical-inequalities-in-the-UK-how-they-have-changed-1.pdf">https://www.ifs.org.uk/inequalit...

‘In Blackpool, Knowsley & Plymouth poorer pupils are over two full years of education behind their peers by the time they take their GCSE’s

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/poor-pupils-are-18-months-behind-classmates-when-they-take-gcses-rn5jq7jzv">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/p...

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2016/09/lost-boys-how-white-working-class-got-left-behind">https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/...

In Knowsley (see second tweet in this thread) if you want to study for your A-Levels you need to travel outside of the Borough entirely https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/you-shouldnt-write-children-knowsley-17747942.amp?__twitter_impression=true">https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/live...

Area without A Levels where students must leave to keep studying

'You shouldn’t write children off in Knowsley,' said one parent

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/you-shouldnt-write-children-knowsley-17747942.amp?__twitter_impression=true

There are some ppl q-tweeting the OT in this thread who seem to have missed the point. There’s no inherent reason why London kids are doing well and Knowsley kids arent. London kids are doing well bc the government invested in those kids & in that area

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2016/09/lost-boys-how-white-working-class-got-left-behind">https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/...

i.e the New Labour government of the time. Its as simple as that. It wouldnt have happened otherwise. There is nothing natural or pre-ordained about this situation, nor is it about race or ethnicity. This is about investment. Who will invest in Knowsley? Thats what I want to know

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