Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 17178

Pupils: Disadvantaged

Tabled: 8 July 2026

Answered: 17 July 2026

Question

Lorraine Beavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the under-achievement of persistently disadvantaged pupils.

Answer

Georgia Gould

The department is determined to do more to improve the life chances of our most disadvantaged children and to break the link between background and future success.The ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ Schools White Paper establishes the departments pla...

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