The concept of "white privilege" has been challenged by new statistics, which reveal white pupils are the least likely to get into top universities.
The data from the Department of Education (DfE) shows that by the age of 19, only 11.7 per cent of white students are attending the highest-ranking third of universities.
By comparison, for black students the figure is 12.1 per cent, for those who are mixed race it is 15.5 per cent, and for Asian students it is 18.6 per cent.
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These are universities which require the strongest A-Level grades or Ucas (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) points for entry.
Pupils with a migrant background also had a higher rate of entering university than those who were British-born.
Students who did not speak English as a first language had an entry rate of 60.9 per cent, whereas native English-speakers only had a rate of 42.8 per cent.
GB News host Martin Daubney said the figures busted the "myth of white privilege".
He posted to X: "More proof your country does not work for you if you're white working class."
The latest DfE data has revealed the number of white pupils getting into top universities (file photo)
| PA"Makes me sick this", one social media user wrote in response.
Another person described them as "eye-opening" statistics.
Last week, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it is a “national disgrace” that so many young people are “written off” and do not get what they need in the education system to achieve and thrive after leaving school.
Speaking before A-level results day, Ms Phillipson said her focus will be turning around the “stark” attainment gap and outcomes between white working-class children and their peers.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has promised to make raising standards for white, working-class students a priority
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The Government will set out its plans for the challenge in a schools white paper in the autumn, she said.
Fewer than a fifth (18.6 per cent) of white British pupils eligible for free school meals achieved at least a grade 5 – which is considered a “strong pass” – in their English and maths GCSEs in 2023/24.
This is compared to 45.9 per cent of all state school pupils in England, according to DfE data.
The Education Secretary said: "They’re not well positioned to carry on with studies, to get an apprenticeship, to go on to university.
“That is why the schools white paper we will be publishing in the autumn will set out an ambitious vision for how we can tackle this generational challenge of what many young people experience.
“[It] is a national disgrace that so many young people are written off and don’t get what they need to achieve and thrive.”
An independent inquiry into the educational outcomes of white working-class children was commissioned by Sir Hamid Patel, chief executive of the multi-academy trust Star Academies, in June.