Three year attainment gap between poor pupils and their better-off classmates separates Britain’s brightest teenage girls.
Bright but poor pupils lag behind their bright but better-off classmates by around two years and eight months in maths, science and reading, according to new Sutton Trust research. The attainment gaps within the most able 10% of pupils are even bigger for girls than they are for boys, standing at about three years in science and reading. Read more