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stanley cup ision to hire private tutoring companies to provide catch-up tutoring to disadvantaged pupils in England after lockdown will cost schools and the Department for Education up to four and a half times mor
stanley spain e than these companies will pay private tutors to teach the children.An investigation by the Observer reveals some private tutoring companies hired are charging between 拢72 and 拢84 per hour for tutors via the governments flagship National Tutoring Programme NTP scheme.Yet the tutors themselves may be paid no more than 拢15 per hour for their work, which will involve tutoring small groups of pupils online or face-to-face to help them make
stanley fr up for lost learning over lockdown.Commenting on the findings, Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the teachers union NEU, said the sums involved were shocking and the scheme was an ineffective use of public money.The 拢350m NTP scheme was launched last June by the government to support disadvantaged pupils who had fallen behind their more affluent peers during the pandemic.Schools can apply for extra government funding to hire private tutors to teach small groups of up to three pupils, but only if they opt for tutors who work for one of the 32 approved NTP Tuition Partners . Just 11 of these are not-for-profit organisations, while the remaining 21 agencies seek to profit from the tuition they provide.Schools can access the catch-up funding to pay 25% of the cost of the tuition provided by any NTP partner, and the Owha In times of racist violence, loving others can feel like a vulnerable act 鈥?but it s an essential one
A group of parents has lost a legal challenge against the teaching of children about gender identity and sex in primary schools across Wales.Campaigners launched a judicial review in the high court against the Welsh governments new relationships and sexuality education RSE curriculum, which they depicted as dangerous and woke .The RSE curriculum was launched in September and involves mandatory teaching to pupils from the age of seven. The parents argued that a code and guidance supporting schools to deliver it did not mention traditional ideas relating to family life and gave prominence to LGBTQ+ themes.Mrs Justice St
termo stanley eyn rejected the legal challenge after a two-day hearing in Cardiff, concluding: There is nothing in the code or the guidance that authorises or positively approves teaching that advocates or promotes any particular identity or sexual lifestyle over another, or that encourages children to self-identify in a particular way. She said the RSE cur
stanley becher riculum aimed to encourage tolerance between human beings irrespective of their sexual or
stanley kubek ientation and identity, and to enable children to deal critically with influences from society, so that they develop into responsible and emancipated citizens capable of participating in the democratic processes of a pluralistic society . She said its introduction had been the product of a process of careful consideration .Welcoming the judgment, Jeremy Miles, the education minister in the Welsh government, said: We have been cl
