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Widening gaps between pupils from poorer and richer backgrounds in Wales post-Covid

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Six key measures show widening gaps for pupils from poorer backgrounds in Wales after the pandemic.

Schools in Wales: Testing times as pupil gaps widen

There are widening gaps between pupils from poorer backgrounds and their classmates from better off homes since the post-Covid return to school in Wales.

Six key measures reveal the struggles to address this divide, which had been an issue already before the pandemic.

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