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Education recovery tsar quits over ‘half-hearted’ catch-up plan

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Education recovery commissioner Kevan Collins has resigned over the government’s £1.4bn funding for school catch-up programmes.
Education recovery tsar Kevan Collins is said to be behind the plan. Picture: Education Endowment Foundation
Education recovery tsar Kevan Collins is said to be behind the plan. Picture: Education Endowment Foundation

Collins, who was appointed to the post just five months ago, wrote to the Prime Minister to submit his resignation yesterday (2 June) just hours after the government revealed its plans which include increased tutoring for disadvantaged pupils and improved teacher training.

It emerged earlier this week that Collins had put forward proposals to Boris Johnson for a £15bn scheme to help children catch up on months of lost learning.

In a statement, Collins described the government’s offer as a “half-hearted approach” that “risks failing hundreds of thousands of pupils”.

He also reiterated a comment made in response to the announcement of the £1.4bn funding package, stating “it does not come close to meeting the scale of the challenge”.

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