Bridget Phillipson has described the underperformance of white working class children at A-Level as a ‘national disgrace - Getty I was a little surprised to read Bridget Phillipson’s description of ...

James Minto is only 17 but already he is the main breadwinner at home and has overcome the barriers caused by social deprivation that make cricket an unfeasible sport for so many in this country. The ...

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, frets about the “lack of progress for children from white working-class backgrounds”. Detailed data for this year have still to come, but the attainment ...

White working-class children are falling behind their peers in all but 21 schools across the country, shocking official data has shown. It means only a tiny fraction of more than 3,400 secondary ...