The importance of education cannot be understated, societies need a workforce that can compete on an international level with other nations for economic growth and productivity (Alcock, et.al, 2008:312). ... By using statistics to frame the severity of the achievement gap according to socio-economic status we can see in 2012 that only 38 percent of children from disadvantaged backgrounds achieved five GCSE's at grade A-C, compared to the national average of 65 percent (SMCPC, 2014). ... This would indicate then that schools are an economic tool used to create capital in a market economy, ...

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