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Expand free school meals eligibility ‘to reduce stigma’, DfE urged

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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Widening eligibility for free school meals could not only reduce the number of children facing food insecurity but remove the stigma felt by those who do receive them, researchers have said.

Queen’s Speech 2021: Skills and Post-16 Education Bill ‘central to pandemic recovery’

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has laid out plans to create new laws to improve post-16 education in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Free school meals scheme to cover Easter holiday

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Monday, April 6, 2020

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The government has extended its free school meals scheme to cover the Easter holiday but critics have accused Gavin Williamson of using the coronavirus pandemic to “sneak in cuts” to universal infant free school meals.

MPs probe effect of Covid-19 pandemic on disadvantaged white children

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Monday, April 20, 2020

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The government has launched a public call for evidence asking for views on the underachievement of white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Covid-19 recovery plan: What does it mean for schools and childcare settings?

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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

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Early years settings, schools, including special schools, and alternative education provisions in England will be able to open to more children from 1 June, new government guidelines state.

Revamped tutoring scheme risks missing disadvantaged pupils, charity warns

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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

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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

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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

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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

| CYP Now

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

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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.

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Expand free school meals eligibility ‘to reduce stigma’, DfE urged

Queen’s Speech 2021: Skills and Post-16 Education Bill ‘central to pandemic recovery’

Free school meals scheme to cover Easter holiday

MPs probe effect of Covid-19 pandemic on disadvantaged white children

Covid-19 recovery plan: What does it mean for schools and childcare settings?

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

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