Summer schools or repeat the whole year: six realistic ways our kids could catch up
Opening schools is just the start of the challenge; how will the Government support children to catch up on lost learning?
8 February 2021 • 10:55am
Rosie McColl, head teacher at Brighton Girls school: The last thing I want is for children to wither away when normality returns
Credit: Danny Fitzpatrick
The Prime Minister’s number-one priority is to get schools fully open again on March 8. While that may sound tricky in itself, a far more difficult target is to make sure that all children catch up on the education they have lost in the past year.