Updated 17/03/2021 13:31 GMT
Exclusive: Black And Asian Pupils Three Times Less Likely To Have Teachers Who Look Like Them
Disproportionate number of white authority figures in schools risks sending message that Black people not capable of being teachers .
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Black students are less likely to have teachers who look like them than white students, our analysis found
England’s state schools have a crisis of representation, with one white teacher for every 13 white pupils but less than a third of that ratio for Black and Asian students.
There were 43 Asian students for each Asian teacher and 42 Black students for each Black teacher during the 2019/20 school year, according to HuffPost UK analysis of data published by the Department for Education.
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