Gap between rich and poor pupils in England 'grows by 46% in a year'
Disadvantaged and BAME pupils lost more learning in lockdown and need urgent support, researchers say Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageUrgent support must be targeted at disadvantaged pupils and schools in areas of high deprivation, researchers have said, as figures reveal the gap in England between some pupils and their wealthier peers widened by 46% in the school year severely disrupted by the coronavirus lockdown.As the school year begins for most pupils in England and Wales, the authoritative study by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), based on interviews with more than 3,000 teachers and heads at more than 2,000 schools, revealed that disadvantaged and black a...
