Nursery World - More than 240 organisations and sector leaders call for Government to urgently invest more in education catch-up

A cross-sector coalition of education experts, charities, and businesses is calling on the Government to urgently reconsider its education recovery plans and provide more funding for children and young people.

Campaigners say money promised by the Government for catch up 'falls far short' of what is needed to help children and young people recover from the pandemic PHOTO Adobe Stock

Two separate letters to the Prime Minister, co-ordinated by Fair Education Alliance and the National Children’s Bureau, have been signed by over 240 leaders calling for proper investment.

Experts are calling for the Government to set out a new and ambitious vision of childhood and education to support children, young people and their families to recover from the impact of Covid-19, with 'children at the heart' of the plans.

The NCB letter to Boris Johnson has been signed by over 140 organisations including charities, unions, and community organisations, while a similar letter co-ordinated by the Fair Education Alliance has been signed by over 100 educationalists, young people, businesses, and charities.

The campaigners are urging the Government to invest in their stated intention of levelling up and to provide an ambitious plan for the recovery for children and young people.

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