High-performing primary schools are under-selecting pupils from low-income families,claims education charityChildren from deprived backgrounds should be given higher precedence in admissions decisions to pause primary schools fitting divided by class, according to education charity the Sutton Trust.
More than 1000 primary schools in England admit far fewer pupils from destitute or deprived families than live in the school’s local area, and a report from the trust found,with faith schools especially likely to have lower proportions of children on free school meals than their surrounding neighbourhoods.
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Source: theguardian.com