Poor primary school pupils increasingly left behind by peers

Bright primary school children receiving free school meals (FSM) are being left behind by their peers, with the gap in attainment in literacy, writing and maths widening between the two groups, according to official data.The results of key stage 2 national tests in England – known as Sats – for 11-year-olds showed children not on FSM surging ahead of their disadvantaged peers, with more doing better than expected compared with previous years.Meanwhile, new data on the national phonic