Poorer pupils in secondary schools fell further behind with their reading by this summer compared with last autumn, a Government report suggests. There is in England a class of children that somewhat fall below the poverty line and although the government does provide them with public schooling with the pandemic taking place the number of these children have grown.
Disadvantaged secondary school pupils in England had lost more than two months of learning in reading by the summer term, which is greater than losses during the autumn term last year.
The report, commissioned by the Department for Education to examine pupils’ progress in 2020/21, found that overall pupil learning losses reduced by around a month by the summer after schools returned to in-person lessons.
But disadvantaged pupils – those eligible for free school meals at some point over the last six years – and students in deprived areas of England still suffered substantial losses, it said. The report had to be done so that the government could make a decision as to what should be done about these kids. It is important that the younger generation get an education no matter the situation of their financial standing.
The British government is trying to do their best so that the kids being affected by this can somehow catch up to their peers.
