 According to the Institute for Public Policy Research, Nigerian pupils are among best performing student groups in the United Kingdom.Taking data for only England, a 2013 IPPR survey reported that the proportion of British Nigerian pupils gaining 5 A*–C grades at GCSE (including Maths and English) in 2010–2011 was 21.8 percentage points higher than the England mean of 59.6 per cent.This average was calculated using student data, where available, from various local authorities in England.