A shake-up of schooling in England will be announced this week so the nation’s poorest children will no longer lag so far behind better-off pupils. The Government admits the “disadvantage gap is as stark today as it was over a decade ago in 2014”. Only 44% of poorer children achieve a pass at grade four or above in their maths and English GCSEs, compared with more than seven out of 10 children who do not receive free school meals. On Monday plans will be set out for a new attendance target to ensure 20 million school days are not lost...