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Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 THURSDAY OCTOBER 5 File photo dated 27/11/2019 of school children during a Year 5 class at a primary school in Yorkshire. Disadvantaged primary school pupils remain months behind their peers in reading and mathematics skills after Covid-19, a report suggests. The attainment gap between Year 3 and 4 pupils eligible for free school meals and their peers is wider than before the pandemic, according to the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) study. But the research suggests that the learning gap suffered by young pupils as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic is starting to narrow. Issue date: Thursday October 5, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story EDUCATION Disadvantage. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
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Article thumbnail: File photo dated 08/02/12 of a primary school student at work in a classroom. The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union has called on the First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf to take action on the "lack of job security" among newly qualified teachers. Issue date: Monday August 14, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Education. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 08/02/12 of a primary school student at work in a classroom. The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union has called on the First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf to take action on the "lack of job security" among newly qualified teachers. Issue date: Monday August 14, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Education. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 03/12/03 of primary school pupils during a lesson. The number of primary school pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths has risen again, official figures show. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday December 13, 2018. Across England, 64% of 11-year-olds who sat this year's Sats - or national curriculum tests - met Government targets in all three areas, up from 61% last year, according to the Department for Education (DfE). See PA story EDUCATION Tables. Photo credit should read: Barry Batchelor/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 03/12/03 of primary school pupils during a lesson. The number of primary school pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths has risen again, official figures show. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday December 13, 2018. Across England, 64% of 11-year-olds who sat this year's Sats - or national curriculum tests - met Government targets in all three areas, up from 61% last year, according to the Department for Education (DfE). See PA story EDUCATION Tables. Photo credit should read: Barry Batchelor/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Children play in a fountain to cool off in downtown Portland, Ore., Friday, May 12, 2023. An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest and worsen wildfires already burning in western Canada, a historically temperate region that has grappled with scorching summer temperatures and unprecedented wildfires fueled by climate change in recent years. (AP Photo/Claire Rush)
Article thumbnail: Children play in a fountain to cool off in downtown Portland, Ore., Friday, May 12, 2023. An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest and worsen wildfires already burning in western Canada, a historically temperate region that has grappled with scorching summer temperatures and unprecedented wildfires fueled by climate change in recent years. (AP Photo/Claire Rush)
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 27/11/19 of a child during a Year 5 class at a primary school. Anti-poverty campaigners have urged the Scottish Government not to roll back on vital support on meeting the cost of the school day. PA Photo. Issue date: Thursday May 11, 2023. The Child Poverty Action Group Scotland said "real progress" has been made in providing additional support to reduce costs, but there is "no room for complacency". See PA story SCOTLAND Poverty. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 27/11/19 of a child during a Year 5 class at a primary school. Anti-poverty campaigners have urged the Scottish Government not to roll back on vital support on meeting the cost of the school day. PA Photo. Issue date: Thursday May 11, 2023. The Child Poverty Action Group Scotland said "real progress" has been made in providing additional support to reduce costs, but there is "no room for complacency". See PA story SCOTLAND Poverty. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire