The study examined the educational outcomes of several groups of children and found the differences in academic performance were as linked to family income now as they were then.
The study looked at children born in 1970, 1975 and 1980 and found no significant difference in how many children from poor, rich and middle income families got degrees by the age of 23 between the three groups. It also examined the ranking of children in tests at the age of five.
On average, children from the poorest 20 per cent of families were stuck around the 40th percentile, meaning they were outperformed by six out of 10 pupils. This lack of progress contrasts with greater levels of social mobility in other industrialised nations and the progress made before 1970, said the study.
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