ABSTRACT
The chapter revisits the focus of the research which set out to explore the factors which underlie variation in educational achievement among Pakistani boys in Birmingham. The aim was to explore whether any of the factors contribute to an achievement gap relative to White British students. The importance of religion and its likely impact on education was explored. I attempted to understand what Pakistani parents want from education for their children. Equipped with the resulting data, in this chapter I explored new ways of doing education, so that the needs of the largest pupil religious group (the Muslims) and largest pupil ethnic minority group (the Pakistanis) are met effectively. The chapter then goes onto outline what a responsive education service might look like in such a context. Here, concepts such as multicultural education, community education and culturally responsive pedagogy are outlined before offering a number of ideas for education policymakers and practitioners.
