One of the great injustices of the British education system is that pupils from low income
backgrounds are less likely to make good progress at secondary school compared to better
off peers. The gap et ee lo ioe pupils attai et at the ed of pias hool ad the end of secondary
school has widened; since 2012 low income pupils have been making less progress year on
year compared to their more affluent peers. Even when low income pupils out-perform their
more advantaged peers at primary school, they are often overtaken during the next phase of …