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Extended school days plan for Scots pupils to help kids catch up on lessons

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next month, according to a leading think tank.The Commission on School Reform says kids need to catch up on lessons missed during the coronavirus lockdown.The think tank is calling for an extra six hours of teaching during the school week, with pupils staying later into the afternoon for two years.A report by the group, made up of current and former headteachers, politicians and education professors and chaired by former director of education in Clackmannanshire Keir Bloomer, argues "there is an urgent need to plan for catch-up of the lessons lost".With five months of in-school learning missed between lockdown and the anticipated return in August, the group set up by the Reform Scotland think-tank said the proposal for six extra hours of.

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