Violence Against Men and Boys: Violence In Schools

In Afghanistan, 100% all teachers in boys' schools use violence to discipline the boys

SOURCE: Save The Children Briefing 

Educational Inequality: Primary School Results

Boys are nearly twice as likely to leave primary school without reaching the expected level of attainment in English, Reading and Writing.

Boys account for about two thirds of children not reaching level 4 in English (62%), Reading (60%) and Writing (63%)

The proportion of 11 year old boys not reaching the expected level of attainment is:

• One in four boys don't reach the expected level in English (23% compared with 14% of girls)
• One in five boys don't reach the expected level in Reading (20% compared with 13% of girls)
• One in three boys don't reach the expected level in Writing (32% compared 19% of girls) 
• One in five boys don't reach the expected level in Maths (20%, the same as girls) 

11 year old Boys are are also 75% more likely to be below level 2 for English, which is the standard expected for 7 year olds (7% of boys compared with 4% of girls)

SOURCE: Guardian Data Blog, SATs, Key Stage 2, 2011

See Also: Sats 2011: all the KS2 results listed and mapped (Guardian)

Male Role Models: Men In Education

One in four boys goes to a primary school with no male teacher.

Across all state schools one in eight (12%) of primary school teachers are male and 38% of secondary school teachers are male.

In state schools nurseries there are less than 50 male nursery teachers (48 in 2011)

SOURCE: The General Teaching Council (GTC) for England Annual Digest of Statistics, collating the profiles of registered teachers in England published in in September 2011

See Also: One in four primary schools still has no male teacher (BBC)

See Also: Are there more that 4,250 schools in Britain without a male teacher? (www.fullfact.org)

Educational Inequality: Only 1 in 4 Poor White Boys Do Well

Boys from poor backgrounds are less likely to perform well at school with 25%  of White British boys of Free School meals achieved a good level of development in 2008/09, compared to 42% of White British girls 

SOURCE: How Fair Is Britain Report, Equalities & Human Rights Commission, 

Educational Inequality: Social, Emotional and Cognitive Development

By the age of five, girls’ development is more advanced in 11 of 13

assessment scales on the Early Years Foundation Stage profile in

social and emotional as well as cognitive areas of development. 

One quarter (25%) of boys are classified as being the lowest achieving 20% of

pupils compared to 15% for girls.

SOURCE: How Fair Is Britain Report, Equalities & Human Rights Commission

Educational Inequality: Behavioural Difficulties

Boys are 6 times more likely to be diagnosed with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties or autism than girls. In total, 26,170 boys with Special Educational Needs have behavioural, emotional and social difficulties compared with 3,590 girls.

SOURCE:  Special needs more likely for boys, study finds (BBC), referencing 2010 Ofsted Report

Educational Inequality: Boys WIth Special Needs

Boys are more than two and a half times more likely than girls to have a statement of special education need.  In 2009, 2.4 per cent of boys (90,000 pupils) had statements compared to 0.9 per cent of girls (33,000 pupils).

There were also more boys with special educational needs without statements. In 2009, 23.0 per cent of boys (859,000 pupils) were at School Action and at School Action Plus compared to 14.0 per cent of girls (507,000).

Source: DCSF: Children with Special Educational Needs 2009: an analysis Chapter 1 Prevalence of pupils with special educational needs

See Also: Special Needs More Likely For Boys (BBC) and Boys Twice As Likely To Have Special Needs (Telegraph)

Educational Inequality: Boys Writing Ability

Five year old boys are more than twice as likely to be unable to write their name as girls (15.1% of boys compared to 6.9% of girls)

Boys were also nearly twice as likely to struggle forming simple words such as 'cat', 'dog' or 'mum', with 19% of boy struggling compared to 10% of girls 

And Boys are twice as likely to be unable to write a simple shoping list or letter to Santa (4 in 10 boys compared with a fifth of girls) 

Source: Department of Education figures based on teachers’ observations of hundreds of thousands of five-year-olds.

See Also: Boys Falling Behind Girls - Daily Telegraph

Educational Inequality: Exclusions

• White boys are 2.4 times more likely to be exclude from school than a white girls
• White boys with special educational needs are 30 times more likely to be excluded than a white girls without them
• White boys with special educational needs are 60 times more likely to be excluded from school than a richer white girls without them
• Poor black boys with special educational needs are 168 times more likely to be excluded from school than a richer white girls without them

Sources: "They never give up on you" Office of the Children's Commissioner School Exclusions inquiry - Full Report

Recommended Viewing: Children's Commissioner short film on school exclusions

See also: Guardian Article on School Exclusions Inquiry