Sentence examples for deprived homes from inspiring English sources

Just 6% of pupils come from deprived homes – a third of the average in England.

Explore Learning claims 14% of the children it tutors are in the quarter most deprived homes in the country.

If we operated our schools on the principles that govern private enterprise we would not waste much money on the education of slow learners from deprived homes.

Schools would get at least £5,000 for every child they teach and more for children form the most deprived homes.

The gap in life expectancy between the prosperous middle classes and those in the most deprived homes is widening sharply, latest health figures show.

According to Sutton Trust, in the 100 most socially selective comprehensives, the average proportion of children from income deprived homes is 8.6%, against 20.1% in the schools' localities.

At the 164 remaining grammar schools, which serve areas with the same proportion of deprived homes, 13.5% of the intake were from poorer backgrounds.

But the top universities say they already make serious efforts to attract students from deprived homes; higher education is seen as an asset to an individual, rather than to society.