The correlation between disadvantage and poor academic attainment is particularly strong in the UK …

„The correlation between disadvantage and poor academic attainment is particularly strong in the UK. Our failure to provide adequate education to children from disadvantaged backgrounds constitutes a waste of human resources on a grand scale. It holds back economic opportunities and is detrimental to growth.“

LSE (Hrsg.) „Investing in Prosperity“ (2013), S. 16f