Coronavirus: 10 years of closing the gap reversed by school closures

Catherine Gaunt
Friday, June 5, 2020

Nearly a decade of closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers is ‘likely’ to have been wiped out by school closures as a result of coronavirus.

Schools and settings have started to reopen to primary children this week, after being closed to all but vulnerable children and key workers since 20 March
Schools and settings have started to reopen to primary children this week, after being closed to all but vulnerable children and key workers since 20 March

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