
The funding announced today (2 June) by government has been branded “inadequate” by organisations supporting disadvantaged young people.
Education recovery commissioner Kevan Collins has also raised concerns over the plans saying more funding “will be needed to meet the scale of the challenge”.
Plans include a £1bn funding boost to support six million 15-hour tuition courses for disadvantaged children as well as an expansion of the 16-19 tuition fund, targeting key subjects such as maths and English, the DfE has said.
A further £400m will be used to improve training and support for early years practitioners and teachers as well as giving some year 13 pupils the opportunity to repeat the year.
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