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"High quality teaching can add as much as 18 months of learning to a disadvantaged pupil, compared to six months provided by a less good teacher," he said.

Now that schools are being paid the pupil premium – an additional £430 for every disadvantaged pupil they teach – ministers seem content that the resources are in place to tackle low achievement among children from poor backgrounds.

For a disadvantaged pupil, an excellent teacher can deliver the equivalent of 1.5 years learning in a year, whereas a poor teacher contributes just half a year: the difference is a whole year of a child's education.

He added that the Government's pupil premium, which gives schools extra cash for every disadvantaged pupil they take in, should be extended to cover children from the age of two.

Each year, they train 12 previously disadvantaged pupils in a 1-year course covering horticulture and life skills.

Many state schools struggling to help disadvantaged pupils (Report, 22 November) are facing a further demand on their shrinking budgets.

We are continuing the Pupil Premium at current rates for the duration of this parliament, providing billions of pounds to support disadvantaged pupils.

The impact is greatest on disadvantaged pupils entitled to free school meals - whose attainment declines with every additional kilometre separating their school from its nearest neighbour.

The research highlighted four chains that performed worst for disadvantaged pupils across a range of measures: the Midland Academies Trust, Diocese of Salisbury, the Learning Schools Trust and School Partnership Trust Academies.

The DfE said it was vital schools used the funds to help disadvantaged pupils.

There will also be more pressure on the use of pupil premium, which is paid to schools to support disadvantaged pupils.