in a row over covid catch up funding. sir kevan was meant to be developing a long term plan to help pupils make up for lost learning during the pandemic. but he stepped down, saying the government s funding for the plan fell far short of what was needed. downing street said that more than £3 billion had been committed to the catch up so far. when he appeared before the education committee, the education secretary, gavin williamson, was asked for his response to sir kevan s criticism. injune last year, we announced the billion pound package to help children in terms of catch up. we sawjust earlier on this year a further £700 million, and just earlier this month, a further £1.11 billion, and as the prime minister himself has said, this is part of that ongoing process. we have to look very closely at the evidence, and, you know, of actually where the learning loss is and making sure that we
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including day one of that test between england and new zealand at lord s, new zealand at 29 without a loss early on in that one. i will be back with you in the next hour. i love that clip of venus williams. the next hour. i love that clip of venus williams. brilliant. - let s get more on the department for education s announcement of an extra £1.11 billion to help children in england catch up with learning they ve missed during the pandemic. most of the money will pay for six million tutoring courses for disadvantaged pupils. the bbc has learned that a more expensive and ambitious plan was rejected by the treasury and teachers leaders say the settlement is hugely disappointing . headteachers have said it s not enough. the chair of the education select committee, robert halfon, welcomes the money that has been pledged. i hope very much that this is the hefty starter from the government rather than the main course, because we do need a long term plan for education properly resourc
or i asked to see the children from the living room window, or if they could bring them to the door. but that only goes so far. you know, you can t see physical bruises. any additional funding this school gets will be used to provide extra support. it s the second morning that she said she had no tea last night. here, they want more money for an additional social worker. today, the government in england is announcing £1.11 billion for tuition and teacher training. future government proposals could also include longer days. but this headteacher says schools need to be given the flexibility, and more funding, to decide on what is best for them. if you don t put that time in to think, ok, i want that child to be brilliant in maths, but before i do, i ve got to make sure his family is ok, i ve got to make sure that he s ok emotionally, if you don t see all of that, then you re not going to get anywhere with these children. what you re going to end up with is people at the end of it who ar