Children from low-income families in England are further behind their peers in maths than they were before the pandemic, research suggests.

As children’s services leaders call for a national plan of action, we look at four key affected areas of policy.

Regeringen vill att experter går till botten med orsakerna till det stora svenska tappet i den senaste Pisamätningen. "Man gör det lite för enkelt för sig om man bortförklarar Sveriges katastrofresultat med pandemin", säger utbildningsminister Mats Persson.

The “unwritten agreement” between parents and schools in England has broken since the Covid crisis, according to Ofsted’s chief inspector, Amanda Spielman, with pupil absences remaining stubbornly high and disruptive behaviour now more common.

GCSE students in England will get formulae and equations in their maths and science exams under plans to limit the impact of Covid.

Parents and carers struggling with the issue of school refusal said Covid-19 lockdowns had an impact on their children, Action For Children found.

I flere af folkeskolens fag er børnenes karaktergennemsnit faldet, i takt med at de er

Nearly half of children in some areas arrive unable to talk and still not potty-trained as lockdown legacy take its toll, data shows.

Amanda Spielman says children are walking out of class, or registering but not attending lessons.

But the research suggests that the learning gap suffered by young pupils as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic is starting to narrow.

Since the pandemic, more parents are keeping children at home. Queen’s Park primary, Bedford, is one of the state schools trying to reverse the trend.

Almost half of school leaders say the government’s national tutoring programme (NTP), set up to help pupils in England catch up after Covid, is not cost-effective, according to a new survey.