When they grow up poor, White British children finish near the bottom

Share reaching a ‘good outcome’ by their late 20s — steady work plus top-quartile pay — by ethnicity. Toggle between the poorest and richest fifth. DfE LEO study, 4.5 million pupils.

Poorest fifth   Richest fifth

‘Good outcome’ = employed in all 12 months of the 2017-18 tax year AND in the top earnings quartile (calculated by sex and GCSE cohort); by design ~15% of each cohort reaches it, so 15% is the yardstick. SES = socioeconomic status (deprivation) quintiles. Both sexes. Only the report’s seven headline ethnic groups shown; full 17 in the source. GCSE cohorts 2006-09. Data to 2017-18 tax year, from DfE LEO (RR1464), updated when the series is refreshed
Chart: 3fYvpSource: DfE, Labour Market Outcomes: Ethnicity (RR1464, 2024), via LEOGet the data