The attainment gap between disadvantaged primary school pupils and their better-off peers has stopped growing, but remains far above pre-pandemic levels.
The Department for Education has published updated key stage 2 results data by pupil characteristic.
It shows the “disadvantage gap” narrowed slightly from 3.23 in 2022 to 3.20 this year.
However, the data excludes some looked-after children, and once they are added to the data, the DfE expects the gap to widen again by around 0.02 points.
