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School and Residential Ethnic Segregation:An Analysis of Variations across England’s Local Education Authorities

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Ron Johnston
Deborah Wilson
Simon Burgess
Richard Harris ()

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Schools are central to the goals of a multi-cultural society, but their ability to act as arenas within which meaningful inter-cultural interactions take place depends on the degree to which students from various cultural backgrounds meet there. Using recently-released data on the ethnic composition of both schools and small residential areas, this paper explores not only the extent of ethnic segregation in England’s schools but also whether that segregation is greater than the underpinning segregation in the country’s residential areas. The results show greater segregation in schools – considerably so for primary schools and more so for some ethnic groups relative to others – than in neighbourhoods, patterns which have considerable implications for educational policy.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK in its series The Centre for Market and Public Organisation with number 06/145.

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Date of creation: Apr 2006
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Keywords: ethnic segregation; neighbourhoods; schools;

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  1. Michael Poulsen, 2002. "Plural Cities and Ethnic Enclaves: Introducing a Measurement Procedure for Comparative Study," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 26(2), pages 229-243, 06. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Ash Amin, 2002. "Ethnicity and the multicultural city: living with diversity," Environment and Planning A, Pion Ltd, London, vol. 34(6), pages 959-980, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Ron Johnston & Deborah Wilson & Simon Burgess, 2006. "Ethnic segregation and educational performance at secondary school in Bradford and Leicester," The Centre for Market and Public Organisation 06/142, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Simon Burgess & Deborah Wilson, 2004. "Ethnic Segretation in Englands Schools," CASE Papers 079, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Simon Burgess & Ron Johnston & Deborah Wilson, 2003. "School segregation in multi-ethnic England," The Centre for Market and Public Organisation 03/092, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK. [Downloadable!]
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