The education secretary is considering lengthening the school day, but not everybody is so sure
A blessing for working parents, keen for more wraparound childcare? A chance for pupils to bounce back from the horrors of home-schooling? Or will a longer school day tire out our already weary schoolchildren?
Robert Halfon, the Conservative MP and chairman of the Commons Education Select Committee, who is calling on Zahawi to lengthen the school day, said: ‘We know from the Education Policy Institute that it increases educational attainment from two to three months, especially amongst disadvantaged pupils. We know that a longer school day, according to the department for culture, media, sports, increases numeracy by 29%. So, this increases educational attainment.
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