Covid catch-up proposals are underfunded and could do ‘more harm than good’
Teachers’ unions have criticised government plans to extend the school day inEducation unions also said that the £1.5bn funding package fell far below levels needed to help children catch up on learning lost because of the pandemic., the government’s education recovery commissioner, which proposes a minimum 35-hour week and 100 hours of additional schooling compared with existing timetables in many state schools and colleges.
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