Lack of planning by DfE means opportunity to help students recover from learning lost during Covid has been missed

For far too long schools in England have been expected to get along on a wing and a prayer. Now the need to help students recover from learning lost during the Covid pandemic has brought critical issues of educational funding into sharp focus.

Over the past 18 months the gap between the haves and the have-nots among our pupils has grown at a faster rate than previously seen. The paltry resources available to support vulnerable children – especially those with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) – have been cruelly exposed.

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