joining us are natalie perea from the education policy institute, jules white — headteacher at tanbridge school in surrey. with me in the studio, mary bousted — co—general secretary at the national education union. thank you for coming in with us and to both of you forjoining us. remember the government's �*catch up tsar�*? kevin collins was appointed to coordinate the school his message to the government was: "it'll cost you", up to £15 billion, we're told, to help pupils to catch—up on the learning they've missed. boris johnson balked at that, apparently. in all, the treasury has allocated £3.1 billion — how hard is this process of catch up? it how hard is this process of catch u . ? , , ., how hard is this process of catch u? , y a, ., ~ how hard is this process of catch up? it is very hard, talk about the context, up? it is very hard, talk about the context. over _ up? it is very hard, talk about the context, over a ten year - up? it is very hard, talk about the context, over a ten year period i context, over a ten year period schools have faced pretty serious decline in our resourci

joining me are natalie perea from the education policy institute, jules white — headteacher at tanbridgen the studio, mary bousted — co—general secretary at the national education union. thank you, mary, for coming in with us and to both of you forjoining us. remember the government's �*catch up tsar�*? kevin collins was appointed to coordinate the school recovery across england. his message to the government was: "it'll cost you", up to £15 billion, we're told, to help pupils to catch—up on the learning they've missed. boris johnson balked at that figure, apparently. in all, the treasury has allocated £3.1 billion — about 12 billion less than kevin collins advised. he resigned. you don't have that luxury. how hard is this process of catch up? it is very hard, it's important to talk about the context, over a ten year period schools have faced pretty serious declines in our resourcing, budgets and capacity so now we are faced with unprecedented circumstances to try and help students to catch up not only on their learning but in vital social interaction in their development. there are a my

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