“The lingering effects of the pandemic are deep, widespread and persistent,” states a report commissioned by the Association for School and College Leaders (ASCL).
It highlights that the impact of Covid restrictions including lockdowns and school closures will hit schools in waves with impacts varying across different age groups.
The report’s author Tim Oates, director of assessment research and development at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, says: “While secondary schools are reporting an increase in reading difficulties among Year 7 pupils, poor personal organisation and challenging patterns of interaction, staff in primary schools are reporting very serious problems of arrested language development, lack of toilet training, anxiety in being in social spaces, and depressed executive function.”
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