Statistics published by the Department for Education suggest “that disruption to learning during the Covid-19 pandemic has had a greater impact on disadvantaged pupils”.
It adds that while attainment has fallen for all children, “the attainment of disadvantaged pupils has fallen further than for other pupils, increasing the disadvantage attainment gap”.
The proportion of non-disadvantaged pupils meeting the “expected standard” in reading, writing and maths fell from 71 per cent in 2019 to 65 per cent this year, whereas the drop for poorer pupils was from 51 to 43 per cent.
Disadvantaged pupils are classed by the DfE as those eligible for free school meals.
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