Today the Government have announced a £700 million recovery package for children and young people in England – helping them to catch up on learning lost due to the pandemic and access the opportunities they deserve to learn and fulfil their potential.

The Government is incredibly grateful for the heroic efforts of teachers and parents who have been home schooling during coronavirus, but we know that the classroom is the best place for our children to be.

To further support the re-opening of schools on 8 March, the Government are providing a £700 million programme of catch-up funding, including a Recovery Premium for the most disadvantaged students, funding the extension of the already successful National Tutoring Programme and delivering face-to-face summer schools.

This extensive programme of catch-up funding will equip teachers with the tools and resources they need to support their pupils, and give children the opportunities they deserve to learn and fulfil their potential.

Additionally, as part of the Government’s commitment to develop a longer-term education recovery plan, Education Recovery Commissioner, Sir Kevan Collins, will lead the way on longer-term engagement work with teachers, school and college leaders, educational charities and families to review how evidence-based interventions can be used to address the impact the pandemic has had on learning.

Today’s package of support also follows the delivery of more than one million laptops and tablets to the most disadvantaged children and young people across the country, as part of a £400 million Government investment that will support schools, colleges and young people for years to come.

For more information on the Government’s new £700 million education recovery package, including the details of what the new recovery package for England includes, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-education-recovery-package-for-children-and-young-people.