Analysis: timing may work in Dame Rachel de Souza’s favour after new education secretary’s appointment
Four months after Sir Kevan Collins quit his role as the government’s education recovery tsar in a row over funding, the new children’s commissioner for England has entered the fray over how best to help pupils catch up with learning lost to the pandemic.
Collins, a popular and widely respected figure in the world of education, felt he had no choice but to resign after his proposals for a £15bn “landmark investment” in teachers, tutoring and an extended school day to rescue the battered education system were cut back to £1.4bn, taking total catchup funding to about £3.1bn.
