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Poorest children 'falling behind'

By BBC Online

Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school compared to more affluent pupils.

Shadow Schools Secretary Michael Gove highlighted figures showing a widening of the social gap in achievement.

There is a 43 percentage point gap in the proportions of wealthy and deprived pupils achieving five good GCSEs including English and maths in 2007.

In 2006, this gap in favour of the wealthiest was 28 percentage points.

Sourced from: BBC Online

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