A school principal has refuted the idea that “nobody from Great Yarmouth goes to university” after a study found poor, white teenagers from coastal towns were one of the least likely groups to consider higher education.
Chris Millward, director for fair access and participation at the Office for Students (OfS), said coastal towns and former industrial hubs like Great Yarmouth, Nottingham, Barnsley, and Sheffield were being “left behind”.
The study comes as MPs investigate low attainment among white working class pupils.
In Great Yarmouth, 100pc of the constituency’s postcodes are classed as “low participation areas” by the OfS, meaning the borough is underrepresented in terms of the number of local people heading off to university.
The Office for Students has said that those living in coastal towns like Great Yarmouth are among the least likely in the UK to apply for university
– Credit: Picture: DENISE BRADLEY Copyright: Archant 2021
