Social Mobility Comission releases new report
The Social Mobility Comission released its annual State of the Nation report that unveils in detail the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the UK’s four nations.
According to the report, progress made in the last decade on closing the attainment gap in schools has been lost. Even before COVID-19, pupils who have spent 80% of their schooling in poverty were a shocking 22.7 months behind non-disadvantaged pupils on average.
The reports highlights that child poverty plays a significant role in limiting social mobility and asks the government to focus on reducing it as one of the most influential and cost effective policy actions it could take to improve social mobility across society.
Read the full report here.
Social Mobility Comission releases new report
The Social Mobility Comission released its annual State of the Nation report that unveils in detail the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the UK’s four nations.
According to the report, progress made in the last decade on closing the attainment gap in schools has been lost. Even before COVID-19, pupils who have spent 80% of their schooling in poverty were a shocking 22.7 months behind non-disadvantaged pupils on average.
The reports highlights that child poverty plays a significant role in limiting social mobility and asks the government to focus on reducing it as one of the most influential and cost effective policy actions it could take to improve social mobility across society.
Read the full report here.
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