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‘Written off’: Black Caribbean schoolgirls’ exclusions triple in last year

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The rate of Black Caribbean girls being kicked out of schools has tripled within the past year, official figures have revealed.

The damning data also showed that in the academic year 2021-22, this group was excluded at double the rate of white British girls, while girls from Traveller backgrounds also experienced worse school outcomes.

The exclusion rates among schoolgirls was three times higher during the same period, while the rate among mixed white and Black Caribbean girls was also double that of white British girls, according to Freedom

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