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Teacher survey finds pupils 'three months behind' as Labour blasts schools chaos

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School children are now three months behind in their education - with poorer children 46% worse off than better-off peers, a survey of teachers has found.

Sir Keir Starmer has slammed the government's "chaotic" handling of schools as pupils prepare to return this week. He has demanded Gavin Williamson, the Education Secretary, show how he will "make up for damage already done" to kids.

The country will be watching with bated breath to see if the return of millions of children will drive up coronavirus infections.

The government have insisted that the return of children is a national priority. Gavin Williamson acknowledged the damage being done to pupils by not being in school in a letter to parents, in which he said: "If a child is not

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