Overcoming school exclusion and achieving successful youth transitions within African Caribbean communities

Wright, Cecile; Standen, Penny; John, Gus; German, Gerry; Patel, Tina

Abstract

In spite of recent improvements in the school exclusion statistics for African-Caribbean children, they are still around three times more likely to be permanently excluded from school than white pupils. Given the increasing importance of education in achieving a secure future, this study set out to investigate the impact of exclusion on a sample of 33 African-Caribbean young people who had been supported by voluntary organisations, to discover whether and how they had overcome their experiences of school exclusion.

Citation

Wright, C., Standen, P., John, G., German, G., & Patel, T. (2005). Overcoming school exclusion and achieving successful youth transitions within African Caribbean communities

• Report Type: Project Report
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2005
• Deposit Date: Nov 4, 2011
• Publisher URL: http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/0435.pdf