Persistently disadvantaged children in the government’s six new “Opportunity Areas” make more than 20 months’ less progress between key stages 2 and 4 when compared with wealthier peers nationally, a new analysis has shown.
Furthermore, non-disadvantaged students in these six areas make an average of 4.7 months’ less progress when compared to similar pupils nationally.
The findings come from an analysis that has been carried out by the Education Policy Institute and new leadership development charity Ambition School Leadership.
The so-called “Opportunity Areas” were unveiled by education secretary Justine Greening earlier this year and are areas identified by the government’s Social Mobility Commission as the most challenged when it comes to social mobility.
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