Against the Odds: achieving greater progress for disadvantaged students at Progress 8

There is a persistent attainment gap between children entitled to free school meals and those who are not. This gap is evident at every stage of education from Key Stage 1 phonics right through to A level and beyond. However, in both 2017 and 2018, in 6 per cent of secondary schools, GCSE Progress 8 scores were higher amongst disadvantaged students than the school average. This means children from very poor backgrounds made more progress from Key Stage 2 relative to their starting points compared to the school average. These schools have varying sizes of FSM population and are different in their contexts. This study is designed to build on similar work and to understand whether there ar…

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