School catch up fund

[Splinkyplonk]

Try and focus on the bigger picture here, I'm not being goady.

So the plan so far seems to be that of the 6.7 million school children, 2 million of the most disadvantaged (ie those with hopeless parents or low achievement anyway) will get extra one on one tutoring partly paid for by an extra pot of gov money.

What about the majority of kids who all have missed vital stages of learning. Is the truth its just up to schools and parents to make the effort and muddle along?

Clearly those who can pay for tutoring privately and have the capacity to supervise their children will just sort that out themselves in the absence of anything from government.

The result will just be a deeper divide in education standards between the haves and have nots.

I'm a bit miffed by the hopeless parent comment, but I think I know where you're coming from.

I'd like to think I'm not a hopeless parent. But we've all struggled massively with lockdown/homeschooling.

My dc aren't technically disadvantaged, but I've got a 1 child who is bright, but very lazy and I've really found it hard to keep him motivated. Then I've got another child who is very behind already academically, possibly undiagnosed SEN (he's only 4) and desire my best efforts to make it fun hasn't shown even an ounce of interest in doing any phonics, maths and is now probably a year behind where he should be.

On top of this dh and I gave both been working throughout all of this.

It is targeted for PP children but the school can decide if tutoring is the right support for each pupil.
The system is expected to continue for future years.
"Coaches " will trained graduates .

The system is meant to continue but not with subsidised costs

@TeenPlusTwenties

Emperor It’s not a huge amount.

It's a massive amount if your child is in y10 and was only looking at 4/5s before all this happened.

It's also a massive amount if your child is in yr10 and has had to do all the school work when at home on their own all day as key worker parents are at school.

lootshark
Agree. It's a massive amount for very many y10s, and they don't have the luxury of time to catch up.

With a child in y10, I personally think the parents of primary children really don't need to worry about the academics in all of this. They have time to do a slow and steady catch up. (Whether I would be thinking this if I had only primary aged children is another matter entirely of course.)

Lancrelady

That's a relief! Thank you, was a bit confused.

Just saw on BBC the funding us about £88 per child (5-26 years old). Given the way its going to be spend, about 50% will disappear into overheads, so thats £44 per child. to compensate for a term if school lost.
For primary, it might be able to do something (for a class of 30, thats just over £2600, £1300 after overheads so could cover a term of some group tutoring for maths or english ), for secondary, it’s a joke. A bit of help in one subject.

Teacher friend says nearly 1/2 of hers haven't even logged on to system to attempt anything and get zero engagement from kids and parents when tries to chase it up. They all confirmed they have devices and brand band access.