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Upper sixth pupils at Wallace High School
by Matt Trinder
Industrial reporter
TORY ministers have presided over years of decline in post-16 education, with younger students from poorer backgrounds losing out the most, Labour says.
Analysis from the party published last night shows the number of further education students has fallen by a quarter since 2015, with the amount of younger and poorer students dropping fastest.
The total from deprived backgrounds has declined by nearly a third over the last six years, according to Labour, rising to almost 40 per cent among under-19s.
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