The government has announced further elements of the recovery support package so children and young people can catch up on missed learning and development due to the pandemic.
As the Prime Minister has said, getting children back into school has been the government’s top priority.
From 8 March all children and students will return to face-to-face education in schools and colleges.
This will be supported with a new £700 million package, focusing on an expansion of one-to-one and small group tutoring programmes, as well as supporting the development of disadvantaged children in early years settings, and summer provision for those pupils who need it the most.
A new one-off Recovery Premium for state primary and secondary schools, building on the Pupil Premium, will be provided to schools to use as they see best to support disadvantaged students.
Boris Johnson said:
Teachers and parents have done a heroic job with home schooling, but we know the classroom is the best place for our children to be.
When schools re-open and face to face education resumes on 8 March, our next priority will be ensuring no child is left behind as a result of the learning they have lost over the past year.
This extensive programme of catch-up funding will equip teachers with the tools and resources they need to support their pupils, and give children the opportunities they deserve to learn and fulfil their potential.
The package consists of, a one-off £302m “recovery premium” for state primary and secondary schools to boost summer schooling, clubs and activities,£200m to fund face-to-face secondary summer schools, with teachers in charge of deciding which pupils benefit, a expanded national tutoring programme for primary and secondary pupils and an extended tuition fund for 16 to 19-year-olds – also worth £200m and
