Disadvantaged pupils further behind in maths since Covid, English study finds

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Children from low-income families in England are further behind their peers in maths than they were before the pandemic, research suggests.

The attainment gap for disadvantaged primary school pupils in maths has grown from an average of 6.9 months to 8.7 months, the study by the thinktank the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and the software firm Renaissance Learning has found.