A new report from the Commons Education Select Committee, published on Thursday, said the government must also assess the success of the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) under Randstad, and that if the company cannot deliver the scheme effectively it must be 'booted out'.

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It criticised a 'spaghetti junction' of catch-up funding, with £5 billion of recovery spending announced by Government since June 2020, and headteachers raising concerns about the 'complication' of accessing funds.

Around one in six children aged between six and 16 have a probable mental health disorder, with witnesses telling the committee that one of the biggest issues for pupils' mental wellbeing is their access to social media.

Mobs opposed to some LGBTQ books took over the meeting as various factions jostled for power. Meeting of Dearborn Schools has descended into chaos and confusion as board members walked out. Police themselves were unsure if meeting was still on. "Vote them out," crowd chants.

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Each of them depicts rape, homosexuality and sex and local parents have taken issue with their children's access to the texts Several of the books parents have asked to be banned from the Dearborn, Michigan public school system.

During a committee evidence session in January, the NTP's programme director, Karen Guthrie, was asked about the number of pupils the scheme is supporting who have special educational needs, or are receiving the pupil premium, as well as the number of tutoring providers in the North compared with the South.

But Liberal Democrat education spokeswoman Munira Wilson said the programme risks 'proving a disaster', adding there are concerns that 'the tutoring partners strand of the NTP is sucking teachers out of schools and particularly out of the supply pool'.

Mr Halfon said catch-up funding is 'not reaching the most disadvantaged children', while 'there are significant regional disparities and there is a real risk of failure through Randstad as the delivery partner'.

The Education Committee said the Government needs to take action over the issue of persistent absence, ensuring that no more pupils became 'ghost children' - those who have fallen off of schools' radars during the pandemic.

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Conservative MP Robert Halfon, chairman of the Education Committee, said in the Commons debate on education spending: 'The real questions that I have, given the importance of catch up, is whether the catch-up programme is fit for purpose, the National Tutoring Programme particularly.

Prior to the school board meeting, the district released a new policy that allows parents to block their school-aged children from checking certain items out of the library or prevent them entirely from using the district's library.

Tuition partners have complained that Randstad - the company contracted to run the tuition partners and academic mentors pillars of the programme - has an online booking platform that is bureaucratic and 'dysfunctional' to use.

Statistics should be published every half-term on the number of tutoring sessions started, with information on regional access to the scheme, as well as how many disadvantaged pupils or Send students are being supported.