Groups of high potential disadvantaged pupils most likely to fall behind during their schooling include white boys, black Caribbean pupils, those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and children in the north of England, the report found.
It has revealed that more than three in five affluent high potential pupils got five or more 7-9 grades at GCSE in 2021.
However, among high potential disadvantaged children the proportion plummets to two in five.
It is estimated that more than 28,000 disadvantaged young people, who would have been expected to achieve top GCSE grades between 2017 and 2021, did not do so.
The findings have emerged in a report by the Sutton Trust looking into “social mobility and wasted potential”. This study looked at a group of around 2,500 high achieving disadvantaged pupils from the end of primary school through secondary school and compares their grades with their more affluent peers of similar ability.
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