Results day & there's rightly concern about widening attainment gaps. This isn't just covid & school absence. Schools & families are being crushed by weight of hardship...1/2 www.jrf.org.uk/deep-poverty...

The impact of hardship on primary schools and primary and community healthcare

Primary schools and GP surgeries are staggering under the weight of hardship. Anyone serious about improving them needs an urgent action plan for tackling hardship.

Staggering rises in numbers facing hunger & severe hardship. Of course attainment suffers, and children's prospects are damaged as a result. We have to turn the tide of hunger & hardship if we want children to thrive, the education system to deliver & the economy to recover. 2/2