Quote Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue View Post
Yes but poorer kids in Wales suffered more than pooer kids in England look at the PISA RANKINGS.

Because while your mate was on furlough English school teachers were back in school, and when your mate went back they worked from home and kept the schools closed for longer than in England.

Wales attitude was sod the economy sod the kids we will lock down for as long as we can, and demand the furlough from Westminster. It was only when that dried up they reluctantly unlocked but insisted on work from home also for as log as possible.
no, the difference is more down to the fact that poorer pupils make up a significantly larger proportion of the population in Wales compared to England, rather than that we had home schooling for 2 weeks longer or whatever it was.
I know teachers in England and Wales who say the same thing, the disparity between kids from families who were able to support their education during lockdown and those who weren't is staggering. some kids are finishing primary school unable to read or do basic maths, while others are hitting the required levels.
I can remember when my kids had online classes my youngests classes only ever had about half the pupils logging on maximum, and some kids didn't attend a single online session for the entire duration.
the quality and quantity of online provision seemed to vary massively between classes as some teachers didn't seem to get to grips with it (and some seemed to treat it as a extended holiday)