Evidence from July suggests pupils in England lost nearly a third of their learning since the start of the pandemic, whilst a government report has warned this would exacerbate the gap between disadvantaged children and their peers. Meanwhile, new data from NHS digital has confirmed that for the second year in a row, one in six children has a diagnosable mental health condition.
Sadly, we know that successive lockdowns also put some children at increased risk of hidden harm - calls to the NSPCC’s helpline about emotional abuse increased by 40 per cent, neglect by 15 per cent and physical abuse by 18 per cent during the first year of the pandemic.
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