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Good stuff! Well, I'm interested in both genders, but the big money's on boys. They underperform in English by 11% against girls. The knock on in literacy skills is huge and reduces their overall pass rate at 16 years old and thus their access to post 16 education. If you can fix boys then you are on the way to performing some serious research. Girls? Super readers and outperforming the boys everywhere. I'm convinced the whole thing comes down to reading.
I am, in my defence, doing some work in 'whole class' which is across all groups, but academic work is driven by funding.
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