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The most recent lockdown and school closures have, once again, thrown educational provision in England into crisis. Nearly a full year of disruption of schooling will have had a serious effect on children\u2019s education. The outgoing children\u2019s commissioner, Anne Longfield, has called for children to be at the\u00a0heart of the recovery from COVID-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The government has made\u00a0\u00a31.3 billion<\/a>\u00a0available for educational recovery in England. But it would be a mistake to focus on finding ways to push children through the parts of the syllabus they have missed. Instead, an educational recovery plan should focus on wellbeing just as much as learning, and should recognise the efforts that pupils have put in over the past year.<\/p>\n

In the past few weeks, senior figures in education have proposed various ways to help children catch up. Sir Kevan Collins, newly appointed\u00a0education recovery commissioner<\/a>, told the BBC that children would need\u00a0extra hours of learning<\/a>. Nick Gibb, the schools standards minister, recently\u00a0wondered out loud<\/a>\u00a0about the possibility of longer school days and reduced summer holidays.<\/p>\n

Education unions pushed back: Geoff Barton, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, warned against trying to \u201cgrind out more hours<\/a>\u201d from tired children.<\/p>\n

First of all, there is a problem with the idea of school students \u201ccatching up\u201d. This implies that there is a deficit on the part of pupils, who have spent the last year doing the best they can under extremely difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n

The best approach would be to reject this idea and instead focus on building back skills and knowledge gaps without pressure from arbitrary expectations of where pupils ought to be. This means that expectations of what pupils should know and understand at each stage need to be adjusted.<\/p>\n

This has implications for the assessments that will replace the\u00a0cancelled summer exams<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 which have yet to be announced \u2013 as well as for colleges and universities. Plans for first-year students will need to be adjusted, and students will need extra help with transition into university and college. Without exams, universities and colleges will have a much less clear picture of the knowledge new students have secured \u2013 whatever \u201ccatch-up\u201d plan is adopted.<\/p>\n

What children need<\/strong><\/h4>\n

It is important to get a good understanding of pupils\u2019 current needs, both educationally and from a wider perspective that considers their wellbeing more holistically. Teachers know their pupils best. Any education plan should put power and resources into the hands of these skilled and committed frontline workers. What\u2019s more, schools must receive funding to enable teachers to work effectively during the remainder of this academic year and beyond.<\/p>\n

Funding plans must acknowledge that, to recover from the experience of the last year, enhanced mental health support must be available to all pupils. Many schools already have strong pastoral care and links with specialist support and counselling, but this is often a victim of overstretched school budgets.<\/p>\n

Pupils\u2019 mental wellbeing must be considered as a twin priority with educational achievement, because the latter cannot be sustained without the former. With the long-term emotional and social impact on young people yet to unfold, pastoral care will be essential to enable pupils to succeed academically.<\/p>\n

With the whole country hoping that the summer will bring better times, the prospect of spending August in a classroom may not appeal to many children. A recovery programme must include opportunities to rebuild social connections and personal resilience. This could be through sport, outdoor activities and performing and creative arts as well as classroom-based learning.<\/p>\n

All over the country, educational programmes for children and young people have been on pause for nearly a year \u2013 from scout groups to local football clubs and events at theatres and galleries. This is a vast resource of opportunity and expertise, and tapping into it could make summer 2021 one to remember for children for all the right reasons.<\/p>\n

Finally, despite the wealth of evidence of disadvantage and lost opportunity for pupils, some children and young people have been able to build new skills over the past year, including digital abilities, self-regulation and independence. Pupils have engaged with their teachers and their learning in new ways, using new tools.<\/p>\n

In the years to come, schools and education bodies in England can learn from the experience of the pandemic, evaluating what can be improved in teaching and hard-wiring this gain in digital skills into teaching and learning. But for now, we need to focus on embedding a holistic recovery plan throughout our educational system.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Helena Gillespie is Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and Academic Director of Inclusive Education at the University of East Anglia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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