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Revamped tutoring scheme risks missing disadvantaged pupils, charity warns

Thursday, October 6, 2022

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Changes to the way the government’s Covid-19 education catch-up programme is run risks disadvantaged children missing out on tutoring, one of the scheme’s founding partners has warned.

Catch-up tutoring’s long-term future at risk, NAO warns

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

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The Department for Education is being called on to investigate the impact of its withdrawal of funding for tutoring to help disadvantaged pupils catch up on learning lost during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Lords suggest major reforms to tackle youth unemployment

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Friday, November 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Reforms to the apprenticeship levy, the skills system, careers guidance and the national curriculum are urgently needed to tackle youth unemployment, according to the House of Lords.

National Tutoring Programme head defends ‘ambitious’ targets

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

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The National Tutoring Programme's (NTP) director has defended the scheme’s ability to reach two million vulnerable children this academic year despite figures revealing it has hit just 15 per cent of its goal.

Disadvantaged pupils targeted in government’s £700m school catch up plans

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

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The government has pledged to focus £700m in catch up funding for education in England on disadvantaged children, as schools and early years settings recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Two-fifths of primary schools sign up for DfE-funded speech and language programme

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

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More than 6,000 primary schools in England have signed up to take part in a programme to support reception-aged children whose early language and literacy development has been most affected by the pandemic.

Government’s £1.4bn education catch-up package branded 'inadequate'

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

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The government’s own education recovery tsar is among critics of the Department for Education’s new £1.4bn catch-up plan.

Education recovery funding worth ‘little more’ than Eat Out to Help Out scheme, analysis finds

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

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Education recovery funding over the next academic year is worth "little more" than government funding handed to the hospitality sector during last summer’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme, according to latest analysis.

Pupil Premium not reaching 100,000 disadvantaged children, researchers find

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Friday, June 18, 2021

| CYP Now

More than 100,000 children who registered for free school meals between October and January are missing out on the Pupil Premium, researchers have revealed.

Councils 'fear for future of breakfast and after-school clubs' post-pandemic

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

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Local authorities are concerned about shortages in school-aged childcare such as breakfast and after-school clubs due to the impact of the coronaviurus pandemic, a report has warned.

Legal action threat over sending clinically vulnerable children back to school

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson could face legal action if clinically vulnerable children are forced back to school, campaigners have warned.

Spending Review: Experts call for £13.5bn for education recovery

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

| CYP Now

Education experts have called on the government to significantly boost the funding package available to help pupils recover from the Covid-19 health crisis.

Coronavirus daily update: Tuesday 16 June

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

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The government has backed down over plans to scrap free school meals over the summer holidays after footballer Marcus Rashford campaigned for a U-turn on the decision.

NEU reveals plans for summer catch-up programme for vulnerable children

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Thursday, June 18, 2020

| CYP Now

Plans for a summer catch-up programme delivered by local authorities have been launched by the National Education Union (NEU).

Scrapping London's free travel schemes could shut out disadvantaged teens, campaigners warn

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Sunday, July 5, 2020

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College leaders are calling for free and discounted travel schemes in London not to be scrapped to avoid shutting out the most disadvantaged young people.

Children’s commissioner warns 120,000 teenagers at risk of ‘falling off the radar’

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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

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Tens of thousands of England’s teenagers are at risk of “falling off the radar” of schools and local authority children’s services as the country eases out of lockdown, the children’s commissioner for England has warned.

Children’s commissioner: Young people's rights ‘actively downgraded’ during lockdown

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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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Some of the most vulnerable children had their rights “actively downgraded” during lockdown “when protections should have been increased”, the children’s commissioner for England has said.

Redirect unused apprenticeship funds to support colleges, education leaders urge

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

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Colleges are calling for millions of pounds of unused apprenticeship funds to be reallocated to support increasing numbers of students enrolling for post-16 education.

Millions of children ‘missing out on full-time education’, LGA warns

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Monday, November 16, 2020

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Millions of children are missing out on full-time education amid a rise in home-schooling registrations during the coronavirus pandemic, new research shows.

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced his one-year spending review with a focus on helping the UK’s economy recover from Covid-19.

Plans to support vulnerable children set out as schools close amid third coronavirus lockdown

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

The government has vowed to extend the education support available to vulnerable children following the closure of schools as a third national lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus is imposed.

Disadvantaged pupils offered free data in bid to tackle digital divide

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is partnering with broadband providers to offer disadvantaged families free data to support home learning during the latest Covid-19 lockdown.

Covid-19 vaccine: Prioritise staff working with vulnerable children, say sector leaders

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

| CYP Now

Sector leaders have called for staff working in close contact with children, including those in nurseries and children’s homes, to be among the first to be offered the coronavirus vaccine.

Schools could reopen from 8 March, Boris Johnson says

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Schools in England could start to reopen from 8 March, Boris Johnson has said, pledging to set out further plans late next month.

DfE 'should extend free schools meals scheme' as settings set to open over Easter

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Wednesday, April 1, 2020

| CYP Now

Local authorities will keep schools open over the Easter holidays for the children of key workers on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic, leading to calls for the government to provide free school meals for eligible families over the two-week break.

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Revamped tutoring scheme risks missing disadvantaged pupils, charity warns

Catch-up tutoring’s long-term future at risk, NAO warns

Lords suggest major reforms to tackle youth unemployment

National Tutoring Programme head defends ‘ambitious’ targets

Disadvantaged pupils targeted in government’s £700m school catch up plans

Two-fifths of primary schools sign up for DfE-funded speech and language programme

Government’s £1.4bn education catch-up package branded 'inadequate'

Education recovery funding worth ‘little more’ than Eat Out to Help Out scheme, analysis finds

Pupil Premium not reaching 100,000 disadvantaged children, researchers find

Councils 'fear for future of breakfast and after-school clubs' post-pandemic

Legal action threat over sending clinically vulnerable children back to school

Spending Review: Experts call for £13.5bn for education recovery

Coronavirus daily update: Tuesday 16 June

NEU reveals plans for summer catch-up programme for vulnerable children

Scrapping London's free travel schemes could shut out disadvantaged teens, campaigners warn

Children’s commissioner warns 120,000 teenagers at risk of ‘falling off the radar’

Children’s commissioner: Young people's rights ‘actively downgraded’ during lockdown

Redirect unused apprenticeship funds to support colleges, education leaders urge

Millions of children ‘missing out on full-time education’, LGA warns

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

Plans to support vulnerable children set out as schools close amid third coronavirus lockdown

Disadvantaged pupils offered free data in bid to tackle digital divide

Covid-19 vaccine: Prioritise staff working with vulnerable children, say sector leaders

Schools could reopen from 8 March, Boris Johnson says

DfE 'should extend free schools meals scheme' as settings set to open over Easter

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