I’ve been reading the recent Education Datalab reports and thinking about possible further solutions to the problem that they have identified which is that the gap in achievement between advantaged and disadvantaged cohorts at the end of KS4 has widened a tad. The key finding is that the gap is wider still when you factor in all the pupils who have left state schools before the GCSE exams, never to return (to state education). If I’ve made an error in my interpretation here, please do get in touch because I don’t want to spread false truth, or whatever the woke term is these days!
I like the honest logic and reasoning underpinning their investigations. It would be too easy to blame a Tory government or a trend towards higher expectations in secondary schools and then argue for lower expectations in schools as a solution. Those who do argue for this…
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