Nursery World - Coronavirus: Call to double early years and school funding in 'catch up plan'

Doubling funding for disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds for a year could prevent children from falling further behind during the pandemic, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) says.

With plans to partially reopen schools from as early as 1 June, EPI is calling on the Government to implement a school ‘Catch Up Plan’ to provide critical support to those children whose learning has stalled during the lockdown period. The policy recommendations include:

The recommendations include allowing schools to make their own, evidence-based judgements about how best to use the proposed extra funding for disadvantaged children, including drawing on advice from the Education Endowment Foundation. It is suggested that schools would be able to increase teaching resources, including by using supply teachers and tuition available from both private and charitable providers.

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