School closures have caused damage that extra lessons cannot fix
Helping children catch up will take years
A DECADE AGO Bowling Park Primary was one of England’s least successful schools. Its neighbourhood in south Bradford is one of England’s poorest. A fifth of pupils are Roma, who tend to do worse at school than any other group. But a turnaround that began in 2008 dragged test scores up to the national average. The progress pupils make from seven to 11 is greater than almost anywhere else.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Back to basics”
Britain September 4th 2021
- Britain’s economic recovery from the pandemic is far from smooth
- For Northern Ireland, Brexit means red tape and subsidies
- The coming Brexit row over data
- School closures have caused damage that extra lessons cannot fix
- Neither Nicola Sturgeon nor the SNP will be easy to dislodge
- The extraordinary power of the NHS brand
- Britain’s foreign secretary isn’t up to the job
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