Education gap widening
File photo dated 10/06/05 of school exams in progress. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday January 5, 2009. The education gap between children from England’s richest and poorest areas is widening, according to official figures obtained by the Conservatives. In 2007, the proportion of children achieving five good GCSEs, including English and maths, in schools where more than half of the pupils were eligible for free school meals was 13%, a drop from 14% in 2006. See PA story EDUCATION Gap. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA Wire