Teachers must act as father figures to white working class boys

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Teachers must act as father figures to white working class boys – as reported in the Daily Mail. Schools should provide father figures for white working-class boys who lack them at home, according to Ofsted inspectors. They should ensure that boys get 'good male role models' because too many are growing up with poor attitudes to adults, especially women teachers.

In a report on under-achievement by white boys from low-income homes, the inspectors said schools needed to be sensitive to children's family lives. The report is aimed at addressing growing political concern over the lack of progress made by white boys from poor homes.

Their achievement at GCSE is now worse than any other group, giving them a reduced chance of getting into university.

Official figures show that only 15 per cent of white boys qualifying for free school meals finish compulsory schooling having mastered the three Rs. For black boys from similar backgrounds the figure is 22 per cent, while for Asians it is 29 per cent and Chinese 52 per cent

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