Educational and Material Deprivation

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What is material deprivation?

  • Inability to afford basic resources that impacts on a child’s educational achievement

  • Douglas (1964) ‘Home and the School’- material deprivation has a cumulative effect on achievement

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Who suffers from maternal deprivation?

  • Measurement of material deprivation is usually receipt of free school meals (FSM)

  • 4.6 million children (34%) living in poverty in the UK (Social Metrics Commission)- only 13.6% claim FSM

  • 45% of children in minority ethnic families are in poverty (Child Poverty Action Group)

  • White and mixed ethnicity students on FSM make less progress in secondary school than their non-FSM peers

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How does material deprivation impact on education?

  • Lack of ability to afford resources and hidden costs

  • Overcrowded accommodation

  • Part-time jobs

  • Diet and nutrition

  • Caring responsibilities

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How does it impact on education?

  • 90% of schools rated require improvement or lower in deprived areas

  • School as detritus- student self-esteem

  • Instability in educational provision

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What did New Labour do about material deprivation?

  • Sure start

  • EMA

  • Excellence in Cities

  • City centre academies

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What did the Coalition government do about material deprivation?

  • Universal free school meals to Year 2

  • Pupil Premium

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What are the evaluations of material deprivation explanations?

  • 2017: 28.6% of FSM pupils achieved 5 GCSEs compared to 60.8% of those not on FSM

  • Validity of measurements: many in poverty are not in receipt of FSM

  • Chinese students on FSM- 77% achieved 5 GCSEs, and Chinese not on FSM- 78% achieved 5 GCSEs (Strand 2015)

  • Most minority ethnic groups have a small gap in Progress 8 scores between those on FSM and those not on FSM

  • Impact of material deprivation on in-school behaviours