Commenting as the Sutton Trust publishes new polling of teachers on school funding that shows school leaders reporting insufficient catch-up funding, Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said:

“Schools are working incredibly hard to support children’s education recovery, even as they continue to suffer ongoing disruption due to Covid. They are doing the best with what they have, but it is essential that government supports schools with appropriate levels of recovery funding, particularly targeted at those that need it the most.”