The improvements in GCSE results over time have addressed some of the inequalities that have traditionally existed between ethnicity and class, however there is still an ‘elephant in the room’ regarding gender. Across the board, a girl from a FSM background is now 52% more likely to go to university than her male equivalent. The difference between boys and girls is now wider than White and black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) pupils. The Higher Education Policy Institute in 2016 calculated if trends continue, a boy born in 2016 will be 75% less likely to attend university than a girl by the time he is 18.