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Mary bousted — co—general secretary at the national education union. thank you, mary, for coming in with us and to both of you forjoining us. remember the governments �*catch up tsar�*? kevin collins was appointed to coordinate the school recovery across england. his message to the government was: "itll cost you", up to £15 billion, were told, to help pupils to catch—up on the learning theyve missed. boris johnson balked at that figure, apparently. in all, the treasury has allocated �...

At the national education union. thank you, mary, for coming in with us and to both of you forjoining us. remember the governments �*catch up tsar�*? kevin collins was appointed to coordinate the school recovery across england. his message to the government was: "itll cost you", up to £15 billion, were told, to help pupils to catch—up on the learning theyve missed. boris johnson balked at that figure, apparently. in all, the treasury has allocated £3.1 billion — about 12 billion less t...

More radical proposals will now be watered down. the telegraph says the prime minister is considering plans to reintroduce the mandatory use of face masks if coronavirus infections continue to increase. downing street hasnt confirmed the claims. the daily mail carries on its front page, a photograph of britains young tennis sensation, emma raducanu who is preparing for the biggest match in her short career — the final of the us open in new york. the 18—year—old will face canadas leylah fer...

Budgets and capacity so now we are faced with unprecedented circumstances to try and help students to catch up not only on their learning but in vital social interaction in their development. there are a myriad of challenges out there. we are struggling. schools are set up well. there have been some sensible ideas around catch up, around things like tuition and extra support but at the moment we have to think about not just short—term but a long—term plan as well. and at a time when youre tr...

They all need to be addressed and they are all labour intensive requiring special skills. not just specialist skills from teachers but from educational psychologists, professional mentors, language therapists. if were going to be really ambitious about this catch up, we cannot just look at one single target, we have to look ambitiously at education provision over the next 5—10 years. my school for example, we are using our core budget to pay for our own counselling service because there is vir...

For the government in fact to look at the extent of lost learning over the last year. what we have found is that young people are on average about 3.5 months behind. this was back in the spring term so around march 2020. so 3.5 months behind in maths and two months behind on average in reading but importantly, going back to what jules was saying, those gaps are wider for pupils from vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds. so in other words there is a double whammy, some poorer schools suffered...

About 3.5 months behind. this was back in the spring term so around march 2020. so 3.5 months behind in maths and two months behind on average in reading but importantly, going back to what jules was saying, those gaps are wider for pupils from vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds. so in other words there is a double whammy, some poorer schools suffered more from covid in terms of the length of closures and families affected by it especially in parts of the north—west, merseyside, local au...

Opposable for his party. they all looked like they had - swallowed a wasp when they were trooping through the lobbies, . but they knew there was no way they could come out against it, because the nhs and covid - and the catch—up and the fact that so many of their - constituents are facing these terrible social care bills- made it unopposable. and boris, frankly, as i say, he is an opportunist. - he wants to win and he wants . to be on top and he wants to be popular and he sees this as a great ...

Children in england, wales and northern ireland are back at school this week. the uk government says the number of coronavirus cases will be monitored carefully. cases in scotland have risen since the school term began in the middle of august. our education editor branwenjeffreys has spent the day in east sussex , as children return to the classroom. good morning. good morning, millie. a welcome to soothe any new—term nerves. good morning, archie. for dolphin class, a return to familiar routin...

Government to look at the extent of lost learning over the last year. what _ lost learning over the last year. what we — lost learning over the last year. what we have found is that young people _ what we have found is that young people are on average about 3.5 months — people are on average about 3.5 months behind. this was back in the spring _ months behind. this was back in the spring term — months behind. this was back in the spring term so around march 2020. so 3.5 spring term so arou...