£1.4 billion to boost education recovery

Today the government announced initial spending of a major £1.4 billion investment to boost Britain's education recovery, ensuring that no child is left behind as we level up education and build back better from the pandemic.

  • This past year, young people have made huge sacrifices in their education to help us tackle the virus, and as we build back better from the pandemic, we are determined that no child is left behind.
     
  • That is why as part of our long-term commitment to support education recovery, we have announced an additional £1.4 billon of funding, including: 

    • £1 billion to support up to 6 million, 15-hour tutoring courses for disadvantaged children and expand the 16-19 tuition fund - targeting key subjects such as Maths and English.
       
    • £253 million to expand existing teacher development, giving 500,000 teachers the chance to access world-leading training whatever stage in their career.
       
    • £153 million to provide early years practitioners with evidence-based professional development.
       
  • This additional funding builds on the £1.7 billion the government has already made available in catch-up support, including summer schools and mental health support, bringing our total investment in education recovery to over £3 billion. 
     
  • This next step in our long-term catch-up plan will give parents confidence that we will do everything we can to support children who have fallen behind – so that every child has the skills they need to fulfil their potential.
  • It is possible that this funding will be increased further: the amount which needs to be spent on education recovery will be looked at again as part of the comprehensive spending review in the Autumn which will assess how much the government can afford to spend in total and what are the competing needs over all areas of spending.  

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