The attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers has seen ‘virtually no change’ in the last 20 years, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS).
Researchers added that this gap is likely to increase following the long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, which they project will hit the attainment of poorer primary school children twice as hard as those who are better off.
Other findings included:
The report also found that ten years after GCSEs, more than 70 per cent of those who went to private school graduated from university, compared with just under half of those from the richest fifth of families at state schools, and fewer than 20 per cent of those from the poorest fifth of families.
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