General Election Policy Briefing - Closing the Attainment Gap - FEBRUARY 2024

Tackle the teacher recruitment and retention crisis needed to bring a renewed and explicit focus to closing and incentivise the best teachers to work in the the attainment gap. [...] The disadvantage gap an impact on the economy, Sutton also increased by around 0.7 months Percentage point differences, or Trust research has estimated that if across all stages of schooling between differences in the attainment gap social mobility in the UK increased to 2019 and 2022, over the period index, can be difficult to decipher the average level in Western Europe, of the pandemic (Figure. [...] Ultimately, income deprivation and inequality are the most important factors and contributors to the gap, manifesting in a variety of ways in the home and at school. [...] the most ever distributed by the network in a year and a 37% In the last few years, the COVID-19 Income inequality in the UK is increase from 2021-22. [...] This includes the need for back towards schools serving the the next government to review the most disadvantaged communities, The National Tutoring Programme school admissions code, such as and better reflect the level of need The National Tutoring Programme making the Pupil Premium a required faced by schools by taking into account persistent disadvantage.