The targets that ethnic minority pupils are expected to reach in their exam results differ widely according to region, it was disclosed today.
Details obtained by the Times Educational Supplement (TES) show that pupils from the same ethnic group are expected to do up to 10 times better in some areas than they are in others.
Statistics from 134 of 150 local authorities were obtained by the TES under a Freedom of Information request.
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The largest discrepancy was among Pakistani pupils.
Whereas in the London borough of Sutton 88% are expected to get five good GCSE grades, including maths and English, in Telford and Wrekin, in the West Midlands, just 9% are expected to achieve the same results.
On average, 40% of black Caribbean pupils are expected to get five A* to C grades at GCSE, while 42% of black African pupils are expected to achieve this, according to the TES.
The overall average target for Pakistani pupils is 43%, for Bangladeshi students 47%, mixed race pupils 50%, white British pupils 51%, Indian students 59% and Chinese pupils top at 69%.
Local authorities are expected to set goals for up to 21 ethnic groups, for all primary and secondary school exams.
The authorities produce their targets based on data given to them by the schools in their area.
Government advice to the authorities is that they are not expected to set targets for ethnic groups of fewer than 30 pupils.
This means that some of the figures can be misleading, the TES claimed.
In Trafford 100% of Bangladeshi pupils are expected to get five good GCSEs. But there are only two pupils in this group sitting their GCSEs in Trafford schools this year, and both achieved the expected levels in national tests as 14-year-olds.
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