Bockets

About Us

Born a bocket. Who are we?

Bockets is a newly founded organisation who is geared towards trying to make a difference in the black community. Bockets has only actualised recently but has been in the works for a while. What bockets is now is not what it originally intended to be, as with many things with life. However, part of the brilliance and originality comes from the adaption a project makes in its process.

Black excellence. How do we make a difference in the black community?

If you click this box you will be bought to an interesting piece of research literature that came out in 2020 about the attainment of different races in GCSEs. Literacy and comprehension are such important skills to navigate this world and there is a simple a method to up yours. Books books books. Bockets try to encourage reading in black people and promote black authors. We also leave monthly reviews on a book of the month and make finding black literature easier than ever.

Beneficiaries of Bockets. Do we profit of this?

When I say we, I mean me. Bockets is run by a single individual. I do not intend to profit of Bockets. Almost all links to books on this site are affiliate links, basically meaning we get a small commission from the webstore you purchase a book from. This money will be reinvested into bockets to try grow and expand. We soon plan to register Bockets as its own 'Private Limited Company by Garuntee' which hold us legally obliged to not take any profit or shares from Bockets.

Bockets have no bottom. What is next for us?

Basically, we have plans for bockets and bockets will defo expand above its current scope…
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of Black Caribbean students

Achieved a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in academic year 21/22

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Of black Male Students

Achieved a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in academic year 21/22

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Mixed Black and white Caribbean Students

Are twice as likely to be excluded between the ages of 11 and 15 than there white British counterparts, in the year 2021

Excluding White Gypsy and Roma pupils, Black and Mixed Caribbeans are the most likely ethnic group to be excluded. Moreover, Black pupils as a whole are the lowest performing minority race n their GCSEs in the 21/22 academic year. 49.4% of Black pupils achieved a 5 or above in English and Maths, compared to 61.5% of Asians, 80% of Chinese, and 52.1% of ‘Other’.

 

This should not be put down to the fault of black people and parents as there are many social biasis that black children face in school as well as a large concentration of black families in lower socio economic backgrounds. Bockets believes that sometimes this issue of low literacy should be tken into our own hands and can actually be used as a tool to steer education into a direction more inclusive of black history and culture. Making reading relatable and a form of self discovery and establishment can make the activity more enjoyable. 

 

If you are also interested in how literacy effects longer-term outcomes, please have a look at this interesting and concise research by Katie Beynon called ‘Early literacy skills and long(er) term outcomes (2023)’

 

Sources for all Statistics used: 

‘Risk factors of permanent exclusion’ Dave Thomson 12/09/23

‘Ethnicity Facts and Figures – GCSE ENglish and Maths Results’ Department for Education 17/10/23Â