COVID-19: School closures could wipe out a decade of progress for less privileged pupils
Closing schools has been one of the most painful consequences of the pandemic - the action Boris Johnson described as his "last resort". Charities have warned that it could wipe out a decade of progress closing the gap between less privileged pupils and their peers. New research from the Social Mobility Foundation (SMF) has found that half of students from disadvantaged backgrounds believe they wont get the grades they deserve after this years examinations were scrapped. In a poll of 863 social...
Source: sky.com