Gromit
According to this report it is the black children that are showing concern.
Notice in the last paragraph "“There are all these initiatives to help black children", if it is now that the white children are under performing, perhaps they are now in need of 'all those initiatives" to help them also?
/// Black children can be high achievers and we know this because hundreds do so every year. But when exam results data is compiled the statistics are undeniable: black children are trailing behind every other racial group despite having exactly the same talent and potential. Clearly, there is something happening within society, possibly the home and, most crucially, within our schools that is holding them back. ///
/// Leading black educationalists Dr Keith Davidson and Dr June Alexis recently published Education: A pathway to success for black children – a guide to overcoming barriers to educational excellence. ///
/// The authors, with more than sixty years between them as teachers, researchers and Ofsted inspectors, are unequivocal about what is to blame when it comes to black children’s attainment: “It is the education system that is underperforming", the book notes. ///
/// Alexis, a former headteacher of the predominantly black John Loughborough School in Tottenham, north London, said: “I am tired of the negativity surrounding black children. Don’t get me wrong, we know there are some problems but it lies not with the children, it’s within the schools. ///
/// “There are all these initiatives to help black children and still there is no change. Who is evaluating them? Are they even effective? Because, quite frankly, they are still letting our children down.” ///
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/are-black-children-failing-school