showed that there were 399,500 Children in Need in England and 78,150 Children in Care. The ‘attainment gap’ between these groups and other children (without special educational needs) in reaching ...

The study was part of the National Institutes of Health’s NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development ... “Beyond what schools are able to do, narrowing gaps in attainment will likely ...

Research has helped shape new initiatives aimed at closing the educational attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers. Research conducted at the Graduate ... material hardship and ...

The gap between the proportion of school leavers in positive destinations from the most and least deprived areas is 4.3 percentage points, an increase from 3.7 points the previous year.

The attainment gap between ... has never been a proper programme of educational recovery here," he told BBC Scotland News. "The harm is greatest to those children who have not been able to get ...

A report linking care system data from across the UK reveals findings on early death risk, educational attainment and ...

Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the government had failed on its 'defining mission' to reduce the poverty-related ...

Miles Briggs, Conservative education spokesman, said: “Nicola Sturgeon promised to eradicate the attainment gap, but her legacy ... A spokesperson for the Scottish Children’s Services ...

said the closure of schools during the Covid pandemic was one reason for the attainment gap getting worse in Scotland. "Unlike in England and other countries, there has never been a proper programme ...