Claim: In Scottish education, bright children from poor areas are two years behind their better-off peers.
Fact-check: The attainment gap in Scotland's schools - Full Fact
Verdict: 15 year-olds from poorer families in scotland were found to be roughly 2-3 years behind their better off peers in recent research comparing performance in science, maths and reading. that's one of many ways to measure the attainment gap, so this answer isn't definitive.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary;Amy Sippitt
Date published: 2017-02-17T00:00:00