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16 April 2026

Tag: catch-up

DfE’s £1.4bn education recovery plan: what you need to know

The government has announced the first set of measures under its long-awaited education recovery plan today – but schools have been left waiting on proposals for an extended day. The £1.4 billion policies include £1 billion for tuition, on top of the £1.7 billion already announced for catch-up. A total of £579 million will help […]

Decision to axe £15m catch-up resources ‘not taken lightly’, says DfE

The decision to pull a £15 million contract to produce catch-up resources was “not taken lightly”, according to the Department for Education. The department had launched a procurement process to find a supplier to produce free, non-mandatory “in-class curriculum resources”. It was due to close today, but in an email sent this morning, the DfE […]

‘Accelerate’ £30k teacher starting salary pledge, says government’s recovery tsar

Ministers must “accelerate” their pledge to introduce a £30,000 teachers’ starting salary, the government’s own education recovery commissioner has said. Sir Kevan Collins told a Chartered College of Teaching event today that the country must “turbo charge” efforts to increase the quality of teaching. The Conservatives pledged in their 2019 election manifesto to raise teachers’ […]

‘Use pupil premium cash to boost teaching’, says recovery commissioner

The government’s recovery commissioner has said schools should be spending half their pupil premium cash to improve teaching. It comes after the Department for Education told school leaders this week that how they use the funding must be “informed by research evidence”. Schools must also start using DfE templates for the pupil premium strategies they […]

£200m summer schools funding details: the 5 things you need to know

Secondary schools will receive £59.70 per place per day to run summer schools this year, but only for a maximum of two weeks of activities, new guidance states. The money will also have to cover all costs associated with running the activities, including additional staff costs, free meals for eligible children and transport, and schools […]

£22m from recovery premium to ‘accelerate’ numeracy and literacy progress

The government is planning to set up a National Tutoring Programme-style subsidised scheme to “accelerate” pupils’ progress in numeracy and literacy, Schools Week can reveal. Ministers are using £22 million of the £302 million recovery premium cash to “scale up” evidence-based interventions identified by the Education Endowment Foundation as having the strongest potential to boost […]

Sir Kevan Collins: Covid has shown ‘weakness’ of ‘over-centralisation’ in education

Over-centralisation has been “revealed to be a weakness” of the education system during the Covid-19 pandemic, the government’s recovery commissioner has said. Sir Kevan Collins told headteachers today that local solutions are needed to solve problems in education, and that schools should be trusted to spend recovery funding on initiatives that will best suit their pupils. […]

Government’s £4m catch-up resources could be ‘downloadable, printable’ materials

The government has said its £4 million pledge for catch-up resources may take the form of “printable” documents, prompting concerns the scheme could cost schools millions of pounds. The Department for Education is looking to spend £3.9 million on  catch-up materials for the next academic year, possibly including “diagnostic tests” to help teachers find gaps […]