If living in council or housing association accommodation on an estate, for example, the likelihood is that the school catchment area will contain other low earning families, with similar primary socialization issues. Poor housing conditions, coupled with low levels of hygiene can lead to higher levels of sickness, meaning days off school. ... As there are very few pupils from lower earning families in the gifted category, this contributes to the widening of the class gap. ... In a recent study conducted by the Department of Education, England's state schools are far more ethnically diver...

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