| The Department's consultation 'Aiming High: Raising the Achievement of Minority Ethnic Pupils' (DfES 0183/2003) ran from 4 March until 28 May 2003.
There was an extremely enthusiastic response to the consultation, 500 written responses were received. Respondents provided wide ranging views in response to the questions in 'Aiming High', together with a wealth of ideas and suggestions on how a national strategy to raise minority ethnic achievement could be taken forward. A summary report of these responses can be downloaded by clicking on the following link
Aiming High: Consultation Summary (Word 63KB)
The 'Aiming High' document itself outlines the Government's commitment to continuing to raise standards for all young people whatever their ethnic or cultural background and ensuring that all education policies truly address the needs of every pupil in every school. The first ever national Schools' census data on minority ethnic achievement confirms that Chinese and Indian young people achieve better than average GCSE results. But it also highlights a long tail of underachievement for many Black and Pakistani pupils in particular.
A word version of the consultation document can be downloaded by clicking on the following link Aiming High: Raising the Achievement of Minority Ethnic Pupils (Word 554KB)
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