A new report from the organisation warns politicians that the attainment gap has “widened considerably” since the pandemic and poses a threat to social cohesion and student wellbeing.
A key factor behind the attainment gap is the access middle class pupils have to private tutoring, the Sutton Trust says.
More than 39 per cent of secondary school pupils from wealthier families had received some form of private tutoring whilst in education, states the report.
It warns that government’s flagship tutoring programme, the NTP, which was introduced to tackle lost learning for the most disadvantaged following the pandemic is due to wind down from the summer with funding for schools delivering tutoring dropping to 50 per cent of current levels in the 2023/24 academic year.
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