The Rothschild Foundation have offered £130,000 to help disadvantaged children of ALL ages with their remote home school learning.
Earlier this year the Department for Education (DfE) agreed funding for schools to purchase digital devices for families who did not have suitable equipment or wifi for their children to go online to access schoolwork. This funding was targeted at children from Year 3 up to Year 11 from families who are eligible for free school meals.
The Rothschild foundation wanted to bridge the gap and offered the funding to help children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 as well.
Anita Cranmer, Cabinet Member for Education & Skills said: "Together with the funding from the Department for Education we are able to ensure all our children, from the very youngest in those important early years of education, up to the older ones preparing for exams, are not further disadvantaged by not being able to fully access the current learning that is taking place online.
"Nothing can obviously replace the real classroom, teacher and physical school environment but this funding means that our more disadvantaged children are at least able to keep up with their peers and not fall further behind due to circumstances that are out of their control."
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