It comes as statistics show that the most advantaged students are spending 5.8 hours a day learning at home compared to 4.5 hours a day for children in the poorest households.
This learning gap adds up to the equivalent of at least one full week of education between March 23 when schools closed and June 1 when some schools may re-open to certain pupils.
The findings have come in a briefing report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) based on a survey of more than 4,000 parents of children aged four to 15.
The report raises concerns about the kind of learning gaps that schools will have to deal with when all pupils return, but also warns that if schools do re-open the pupils who have missed out on the most learning will be the least likely to attend.
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