“…However, situating intersectional inequalities in their institutional context could help to explain how and why they occur. Part of the definition of intersectionality is that inequalities are contextually specific (Crenshaw, , ; Browne & Misra, ; Gross et al., ). The characteristics and practices of schools and universities, such as programme structure and the tracking of students into different educational pathways based on their abilities or interests, shape young people's routes through the education system (Charles & Bradley, ; Kutnick et al., ; Frenzel et al., ; Mann & DiPrete, ).…”