Disadvantage gap grows in 70% of England post-Covid
The disparity in GCSE attainment among disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged students has widened in most local authorities since Covid, with only a handful making signifcant progress in closing the gap between 2019 and 2024. Click area to see more.
*we define education gap as the disparity between the % of disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils acheiving grade 4+ in their English and Maths GCSEs. The map shows how the gap has changed between 2019 and 2024. | Grey areas have a lack of comparative data due to no disadvantage breakdown in either 2024 or 2019.
