Half of pupils who get low grades in GCSEs already judged to be behind at age 5, study finds
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Assessments of children as early as age three and five are powerful predictors of who will go on to fail to secure good GCSE results in English language and math, a major study has revealed. Just under a half (48%) of teenagers who fail to secure standard passes in these core subjects were identified as falling behind by teachers at age 5.…