Site navigation

You are here:

In this section (local navigation):

Alternative Sections

Causes of educational underachievement

Ref: 6398
Last updated on 15 Mar 2013
What are causes of pupil underachievement? There is no consensus on the biggest causes of pupil underachievement. We refer to a Joseph Rowntree Foundation report and a book by Alison Elkins, which identify some causes. You will also find research from the IoE, looking at 10 risk factors.

Become a member of The Key to view this article in full

As a visitor to this site you have limited access to our service and can view article summaries only. Members can view 3,000+ articles in full and ask our researchers to answer their questions. Find out more about becoming a member of The Key.

Free trial membership You can register for a free trial membership by clicking the button on the right.

Already a member? Log in here

Become a member of The Key

The Key provides expert, practical answers to school leaders' questions and publishes them online as articles. As a visitor to this site you have limited access to our service and can view article summaries only. Members have access to 3,000+ articles in full and can ask our researchers to answer their questions. Find out more about becoming a member of The Key.

You can register for a free trial membership by clicking the button on the right.

Free trial membership

See how The Key can support you

Site tools

Bookmarks

Use this to save articles that you’d like to return to later.

Visited content

This shows articles you’ve looked at.

Commented on

This keeps track of articles that you’ve commented on.

You’ve subscribed to

This shows articles where you asked to be emailed when they are updated.

Your print cart

Save articles here for printing as a batch.