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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Zoe Tidman

Poorer children still lagging behind ‘at same rate as decade ago’

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Poorer students are lagging behind their peers at the same rate as they were a decade ago, a report on the long-standing attainment gap has found.

Disadvantaged pupils have fallen further behind in primary school and at GCSE as progress towards more equal outcomes has slid backwards, the annual research found.

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