Synopsis
Two struggling GCSE students move in with two of the highest achievers in their year. Can this change in home environment and parental influence improve their results and future?
- Programme: Living with the Brainy Bunch
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Sociology | How can differential educational achievement and experiences be explained? | Explanations for differential educational achievement and experience, including how useful sociological evidence is linking to: inside and outside school factors; structural, material and cultural factors; social class, gender and ethnicity.
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