Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) say they are “alarmed” after the Department for Education warned it could take 10 years to return the disadvantage gap to a level seen before the Covid-19 crisis.
The committee's report into education recovery in schools in England found that the pandemic had wiped out progress to narrow the attainment gap since 2012, according to Key Stage test results from last year.
“The department says that every element of its recovery programme has been tilted towards disadvantage, it believes it has a strong package of measures in place and it hopes to see the disadvantage gap narrowing again from summer 2023,” states the MPs’ report.
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