The gap between pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM), those living with very high levels of disadvantage and black pupils achieving grade A or above and their peers has widened since 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic, the report by the government exam regulator states.
According to the report: "The longstanding gaps indicating lower outcomes of black candidates, FSM candidates, and candidates with a very high level of deprivation relative to their respective reference group, have widened by 1.43, 1.42 and 1.39 percentage points respectively.”
It also shows an increase in the gap for students on free school meals achieving grade C and above at A-level this year, adding that this gap has increased by 1.14 percentage points between 2020 and 2021, and by 1.03 percentage points between 2019 and 2021.
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