KIDS' CATCH-UP CASH IS WORTH JUST 99P A DAY

Plan is an ‘insult’ to hard-up pupils

- NIGEL NELSON

GAVIN Williamson’s education catch-up plan is worth a measly 99p for each day lost per pupil.

Labour analysis shows children missed 95 days in class because of the pandemic – around half a school year.

And the party branded the £1.4billion announced by the Education Secretary last week an “insult”.

The money will fund 6million 15-hour tutoring courses for disadvantaged kids, along with an expanded tuition fund for 16-19s.

But it “does not come close” to what is required, according to former Covid catch-up czar Sir Kevan Collins.