Poorest children missing more school and further behind after Covid, study says

Poorest children missing more school and further behind after Covid, study says

Those from the lowest income families are now up to 19 months behind peers by the age of 16.

Absences have led disadvantaged secondary school pupils to fall ‘further behind’

Pupil absence is a ‘key driver’ of the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in England, think tank says.

NEWS: Disadvantaged Pupils Missing School More

As reported by The Independent, new stats show free school meal kids in the North are skipping class far more keep reading The post NEWS: Disadvantaged Pupils Missing School More first appeared on Edexec.

Disadvantaged children are missing more school after Covid

Findings from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) show children from the lowest income families are up to 19 months behind their peers by the time they reach 16. To conduct the report, of which the findings were first shared with the BBC this morning, researchers analysed children that received free school meals within the past six years, meaning their household income is less than £7,400 a year after tax and not including benefits. They found …

Disadvantage gap: why the impact of absence is now clear

An author of a new EPI report on the link between absence and the disadvantage attainment gap outlines the key findings – and why it should spur action