Sentence examples for a disadvantaged area from inspiring English sources

"Maybe it's because we come from a disadvantaged area," Jeremiah Mokaba said.

The report estimated the work would create 450 long-term jobs in the Latrobe valley, a disadvantaged area with high unemployment.

That means a high-attaining pupil in a disadvantaged area is measured against peers on the other side of the country, rather than those in similarly disadvantaged areas.

The school, which serves a disadvantaged area of Suffolk's county town, has 443 pupils and shares its site with a school for disabled students.

A few years ago, a deputy principal told me about a 13 year old who was hit by a car outside his public high school in a disadvantaged area in Sydney.

This view was endorsed by the Duchess of Kent who was presiding over the ceremony and who also teaches music in a primary school in a disadvantaged area of London.

Compared with a sample of children of the same age in a socially disadvantaged area of a London borough, the Azerbaijan pupils seem, generally, more positive about enjoying school and the 'basic' aspects of the curriculum.

Once, when I was covering a story for The Guardian, I visited a school in a multiply disadvantaged area of London.

Her school was in a socially disadvantaged area, and a high proportion of its students had free school meals, but her parents were keen on education: "Books were your friends.

This clinic serves a socially disadvantaged area with a large multi-ethnic population.

Individual-level socioeconomic position has long been recognized as a factor in childhood mortality, with lower position carrying a higher risk of death before age 5. Recent research suggests that living in a socioeconomically disadvantaged area increases a child's risk even after adjusting for factors such as mother's education or income.