The government’s £1bn programme to help children “catch up” on lost education when schools reopen to all pupils in September is to be welcomed. It will enable schools to put in place extra tutoring and learning support for pupils, with a third of the money targeted at deprived children in receipt of the pupil premium (Analysis, p10). However, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) warns the money is insufficient to narrow the attainment gap which, according to analysis by the Social Mobility Commission, has fallen back to 2010 levels as a result of Covid-19 (News, p4). The EPI points out that as disadvantaged children have been hardest hit by the lockdown, the bulk of the catch-up funding should be focused on this group.
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