The education catch-up tsar has resigned over the Government’s £1.4 billion fund to help children recover missed lessons, saying the support “does not come close to meeting the scale of the challenge”.
Sir Kevan Collins, the Government’s education recovery commissioner, has quit after just four months in the role as he warned that the package “betrays an undervaluation of the importance of education”.
The additional money for tuition and teacher training, unveiled by the Department for Education (DfE), came under fire following suggestions that Sir Kevan called for 10 times as much to be invested.
The education recovery tsar had recommended that schools and colleges should be funded for a flexible extension to school time – the equivalent to 30 minutes extra every day.
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