White working-class children are being failed by British state, damning inquiry confirms

White working-class children are being failed by the British state, a damning inquiry has confirmed.

The Independent Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes has ruled that an overhaul of the education system is required to mend a broken system.

The probe, which began last summer, revealed the state "is not serving the interests of white working-class children".

The investigation, which assessed thousands of students, examined why white working-class youngsters fell into the lowest-performing large demographic across England.

Inquiry co-chair Baroness Estelle Morris shifted the blame from the children, as well as teaching staff, insisting that responsibility "cannot sit with schools alone".

Meanwhile, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson lamented that the youths had been "robbed of opportunity", adding: "The communities in this report are my communities.

"I know what they've given this country and what this country has failed to give back."

The inquiry was commissioned by the multi-academy trust Star Academies, backed by the Department for Education.

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