Katie Glass quoted the Sutton Trust’s Subject to Background report in an article for the Sunday Times Magazine

Joshua-Austin Doyle is poised at the draughtboard when I arrive. Although, as he is three, he is actually rolling beside it on the floor, wriggling impatiently, tugging his smart little check shirt and rubbing his bowl-cut hair. He points a chubby finger at the board, informing me: “I’ve moved this from there to there.” He grins, pleased with his move. He may have an Einsteinesque IQ, but he hasn’t mastered a poker face yet.

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The difference between advantaged and disadvantaged gifted pupils is huge. This year, a report by Oxford University’s department of education found that just 35% of bright pupils (identified as able at the age of 11) from disadvantaged backgrounds obtained three A-levels, compared with 60% of their wealthier counterparts. Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust, which commissioned the study, said: “The fact that bright disadvantaged students fall so far behind when they reach their A-levels shows that government and schools urgently need to do more to support able students from less advantaged homes.”

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