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Educational Disadvantage and the Protestant Working Class A Call to Action Table of Contents Introduction 4 Background and Context 6 Summary of Findings 7 Summary of Recommendations 8 Findings 9 Recommendations 17 Implementation and Next Steps 27 Thanks 27 Case Studies 28 2
A Call to Action Educational Disadvantage and the Protestant Working Class “Many years ago I was involved in the ‘Making Belfast Work’ programme. At that time I highlighted to both the Education and Library Board and to head-teachers that, in my opinion, underachievement would continue to grow for the following reasons: • the current selection process by the Grammar schools was depressing achievement amongst those who were not selected and lowering their aspirations • traditionally Catholic families knew and accepted that their children had to have higher qualifications if they were to enter what had been a historically Protestant biased workforce and hence the greater value they placed on education • there seemed to be a heavy, complacent trend amongst the white working class population of sons following their fathers into ‘trade union protected’ jobs. This often produced a perception of a lack of need to gain qualifications. I predicted that these jobs would disappear as technology improved and that youth unemployment in the Protestant white working class boys sector would rise as a result of these changes Some twenty years later, I find it personally sad that your report seems to confirm my earlier observations.” Sir Iain Hall (Great Schools for All Children) letter to Dawn Purvis MLA, 10 th December 2010 3
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