Covid legacy will ‘damage prospects of a generation’, warn MPs Committee warns pandemic will ‘entrench disadvantage’ without further intervention from government
School rebuilding plans may not ‘eliminate’ risk, top civil servant admits DfE officials grilled about the condition of the school estate and government catch-up efforts
Call to halt subsidy cut as NTP levels out tutoring playing field Research published by The Sutton Trust shows the proportion of pupils accessing any form of tutoring is almost level between the most and least deprived
Most schools didn’t complete £17m early language catch-up scheme Ministers announced in 2021 that every primary school would be offered support through the scheme
Failure to focus on poorer pupils will widen gap, say tutoring providers Letter urges education secretary to ensure the scheme’s ‘core original focus’ on disadvantaged children is not lost
New ‘extracurricular handbook’ to help schools tackle mental health But government rejects MPs’ calls for all students to undergo a mental health assessment
‘Blame game’ as Zahawi moves to publish tutoring take-up The government will name and shame schools over tutoring use and report data to Ofsted
School tutoring ‘league tables’ will be published this autumn School-level take-up data will also be shared with Ofsted as ministers seek to name and shame schools over take-up
Nine things we learned from Ofsted’s latest education recovery research The watchdog found schools struggling with staff shortages, unclear Covid measures and identifying learning gaps