The Independent Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes was commissioned by Star Academies, funded by The Christopher and Henry Oldfield Trust, and authored by Public First. It was co-chaired by Sir Hamid Patel CBE, CEO of Star Academies, and Baroness Estelle Morris, former Secretary of State for Education.

A landmark independent inquiry into white working class educational outcomes has placed further education colleges at the heart of its recommendations, while issuing a stark warning that the post-16 system is broken for the 1.25 million white British young people in England who are eligible for free school meals.