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Anna Davis

London secondary school pupils 'unable to read or write' thanks to legacy of Covid, expert warns

London children are not immune from the damaging effects of Covid on their education despitetheir traditionally high exam results, a social mobility expert warned today.

Lee Elliot Major, professor of social mobility at the university of Exeter, said there are children starting secondary school in the capital still unable to read and write, and many pupils missing school because of rising rates of anxiety.

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