Published yesterday, the White Paper outlines measures to tackle regional inequality and close the gap between rich and poor areas by 2030 through improving education, children’s literacy, training and services for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
The National Education Union (NEU) has however said that the plans do not ‘provide sensible solutions’ to the lack of school and college funding. It also accuses the Department for Education (DfE) of not ‘reading its own reports about the impact of Covid on learning, children’s confidence and areas of young people’s development such as speech and language.’
It comes after the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) highlighted the lack of support for early years in the levelling up plans, which the Early Years Alliance called 'absurd' given that the White Paper acknowledges that ‘children’s early experiences affect lifelong physical and emotional health.'
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