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Covid: Catch-up tuition not helping poorest pupils, says NAO
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The government s programme to help pupils who have missed school time catch up may not be reaching the most disadvantaged children, a report says.
The National Tutoring Programme was launched last year to give extra tuition to the UK s poorest pupils.
But fewer than half of pupils who have already received tuition as part of the scheme are from the poorest families, a National Audit Office report found.
The Department for Education says it has invested £2bn to help pupils.
Chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, Meg Hillier, said the Department for Education s failure to do its homework had hit children who were already most disadvantaged.
Cllr Judith Blake, Chair of the Local Government Association s Children and Young People Board, responded to the Education Secretary’s announcement that placing vulnerable ch
THE number of children and young people referred to mental health services in Cheshire soared in the 12 months before Covid-19 hit the county. New NHS figures show a huge increase in the number of people aged under 18 who were referred to mental health services rose by as much as 139 per cent from 2018-19 to 2019-20 in some areas. The figures are based on the old NHS clinical commissioning group (CCG) areas – with Northwich and Winsford in Vale Royal, Middlewich in South Cheshire, and Knutsford and Wilmslow in Eastern Cheshire. South Cheshire saw the biggest rise in demand for mental health services among children – up from 595 referrals in 2018-19 to 1,425 in 2019-20 – an increase of 139 per cent.
Councils fly flags at half-mast to honour Captain Sir Tom Moore
Councils across the UK will be flying their flags at half-mast today in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore.
The 100-year-old veteran, who captured the heart of the nation by raising almost £33m for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden during the pandemic, passed away yesterday in hopsital after testing positive for COVID-19.
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, Braintree District Council Hart District Council, Leeds City Council, Milton Keynes Council, Newark and Sherwood District Council, Test Valley Borough Council, Warrington Borough Council have all said their flags on council buildings would fly at half-mast today in honour of his memory.