Gavin Williamson today hinted that the school day will be extended alongside summer catch-up classes as part of a £700million catch-up package after the pandemic. The Education Secretary confirmed the government is looking at a ‘broad range of options’ when asked if school hours could be increased to make up for lost time during lockdowns. … Read more
Gavin Williamson today hinted that the school day will be extended alongside summer catch-up classes as part of a £700million catch-up package after the pandemic. The Education Secretary confirmed the government is looking at a ‘broad range of options’ when asked if school hours could be increased to make up for lost time during lockdowns. … Read more
Pupils will have to attend ‘catch-up classes’ during the summer holidays as schools are given ‘hundreds of millions’ to help pupils who have fallen behind during Covid Schools will draft in private tutors and pay teachers to extend their working day Additional ‘Covid premium’ awarded to schools for every disadvantaged pupil More details of ‘catch-up … Read more
Private schools accuse ministers of ‘ignoring’ their offers to provide summer catch-up courses for local children in letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson Christopher King, chief executive of Independent Association of Prep Schools wrote to Gavin Williamson Mr king said ministers had been reluctant to accept help from public schools Private schools offered the use … Read more
Some of Britain’s top private schools are willing to offer their buildings and grounds for summer catch-up courses for state children who have missed out most during the coronavirus pandemic, it was revealed today. Julie Robinson, chief executive of the Independent Schools Council (ISC), said a number of fee-paying schools have greater capacity to help … Read more
Pupils in England will undergo a ‘massive catch-up operation over the summer and beyond’ to allow them to receive the remedial help they need after months out of the classroom. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced there would be a ‘big summer of catch up’ for children who had missed their education amid the … Read more
When lockdown began, our family, like millions of others, were excluded from home deliveries even though the household has a vulnerable member. Ocado was impossible, Tesco could offer us no slots and Fresh, the food arm of Amazon-owned Whole Foods, claimed to have delivery times immediately available but it proved a false claim unless you … Read more
Special ‘catch-up summer camps’ could be set up in the school holidays as Education Secretary Gavin Williamson hints at other ‘initiatives’ Pupils could be sent on special ‘summer camps’ to receive missed tuition Education Secretary hints of ‘initiatives’ to be rolled out during the summer Gavin Williamson outlined his plans for a phased school reopening from … Read more