Bringing the Boys Back Up to Scratch ; a Survey by the Bow Group has Shown Boys Are Under-Achieving at Every Level of Education, and This Summer's Exam Results Confirm This Is Largely the Case. Lucinda Neall, Author of Two Books On Boys, Asks If They Are Less Able Than Girls or Being Failed by the Present System

Western Daily Press › August 23, 2007

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A survey by the Bow Group has shown boys are under-achieving at every level of education, and this summer's exam results confirm this is largely the case. Lucinda Neall, author of two books on boys, asks if they are less able than girls or being failed by the present system

Social change has encouraged girls to have much higher expectations and to become confident at school and at work.

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Bringing the Boys Back Up to Scratch ; a Survey by the Bow Group has Shown Boys Are Under-Achieving at Every Level of Education, and This Summer's Exam Results Confirm This Is Largely the Case. Lucinda Neall, Author of Two Books On Boys, Asks If They Are Less Able Than Girls or Being Failed by the Present System

Since GSCEs were introduced in 1988, results for both boys and girls have improved. However, girls have drawn ahead of boys and, for the last decade, about 10 per cent more girls than boys have achieved five GCSEs at grade C or above.

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