A new report funded by the Nuffield Foundation, has found that inequalities such as the disadvantage gap at GCSE have barely changed in the last two decades.
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.
