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GCSE results for poor kids "are post code lottery"

Lynda Breakwell, Regen.net, 20 August 2008

Children from the poorest homes fare better at school in London than in other parts of England, according to new research.

More than 44 per cent of London's disadvantaged children achieved five GCSEs at grades C to A*, the figures, published by campaign group End Child Poverty's (ECP) show. Overall, England's...

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