That the Parliament recognises what it considers to be the crucial issues raised by the independent Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes; notes the belief that the statistics it highlighted are valid within Scotland, including in the Glasgow parliamentary region, as UCAS university admission data reportedly indicates that for more than a decade, in both the UK and Scotland, white working class boys are the group least likely to go to university; recognises what it sees as the importance of ensuring that all children and young people have the opportunity to succeed, regardless of their background, and notes the calls for the Scottish Government to urgently undertake an assessment of the extent to which white working-class boys and young men experience educational or socio-economic disadvantage and to explore targeted measures to address this where such disadvantage is identified.
Supported by: Max Bannerman, Senga Beresford, Amanda Bland, Victor Currie, Stephen Kerr, David Kirkwood, Jamie Langan, Amanda Lindsay, Julie MacDougall, Duncan Massey, Helen McDade, Malcolm Offord, Angela Ross, Kim Schmulian, Mark Simpson, David Smith