A new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) shows that children from wealthier families are spending 30 per cent more time each day on home learning compared with poorer peers.
This means that by 1 June, disadvantaged pupils will have spent, on average, a week-and-a-half less time studying than their wealthier peers.
Alison Andrew, senior research economist at IFS and co-author of the report, said: "Children in lower-income households are less likely to have their own space for schoolwork and less likely to have a computer or tablet to use for school.
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