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Secondary schools will be asked to deliver summer schools as part of the government’s multimillion-pound catch-up programme for children in…

Ten years for breaking Covid travel rules? Borders are the latest Boris Johnson fail on border restrictions  “Traditionally, politicians have been experts at booking cheap hotel rooms in a hurry,” says Marina Hyde in The Guardian, following reports that the government has yet to sign a single contract for its airport quarantine scheme. “Maybe they’ve been disincentivised in this case by the absence of a sex worker tapping her watch.” “Borders are starting to look like Boris Johns...

Published: 3:27 PM February 1, 2021    The Government said it will work with schools to develop "a long-term plan" to support catch-up programmes. - Credit: PA Primary school pupils have lost the ‘equivalent of seven months’ learning’ due to lockdown and school closures, a report has found.   Research by the charity Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) found “significantly lower achievement” in reading and maths. The findings come after Boris Johnson pledged schools would receive �...

Primary school children are making around two months’ less progress in key subjects amid the pandemic, research finds.

Primary school children are making around two months’ less progress in key subjects amid the pandemic, research finds.

Now imagine how tough it is for the children from the poorest, most under-privileged homes in society. Ask yourself if you could cope in a crowded flat in a tower block, cooped up with three or four siblings and a single parent who is struggling to help you access any sort of education at all. And think, too, about children in rural homes where the broadband is weak to non-existent, competing for internet access with other siblings and a parent who needs to work from home. Or maybe you don’t ...

Sutton Trust survey shows only 59 per cent of youngsters in low-income households have access to device for online learning

In middle class families in England 40% of children study for five hours a day, against 26% in poorer homes

One million laptops and tablets for disadvantaged children and young people Schools and councils have received over 560,000 devices this year to support remote education From: 20 December 2020 Over one million devices will now reach schools, colleges and councils, helping ensure students have access to high-quality remote education if they need it, the Government has announced today. Almost 70,000 pupils are also now confirmed to have enrolled in the National Tutoring Programme, as the gove...