The Department for Education has launched a consultation on minimum entry requirements for students to be eligible for government-backed loans for tuition and maintenance.
Under the plans, students would be required to achieve grade 4 or 5 in English and mathematics at GCSE or two Es at A level.
Latest figures show that while 71 per cent of pupils in England achieve a grade 4 in GCSE English and maths this falls to just over half of pupils from disadvantaged households.
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has urged the government to “proceed with caution”.
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