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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

We will halve disadvantage gap in schools, ministers say in landmark education reforms

Ministers will set a target to halve the disadvantage gap by the time children born under this government finish secondary school, as part of a plan to improve the education system in England.

To tackle the achievement gap between pupils from poorer backgrounds and their more affluent peers, the government will reform how schools get targeted disadvantage funding.

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