PARENTS have his back at plans for summer school to help students catch up after Covid.

Secondary schools in England are set to receive added funding in order to run summer schools so that pupils can catch up with their education, Boris Johnson has confirmed.

The Prime Minister has said £400million will be set aside for schools, on top of the £300million cash injection in January following the third national lockdown.

Summer classes will be introduced for pupils who need it the most, such as incoming Year 7 pupils, while one-to-one and small group tutoring schemes will be expanded.

But most parents felt children and teachers have done all they can and deserve to have a break this summer.

Jaynee Lainé said: “I don’t think summer holidays should be used for this. This is well-needed relaxing, growing, family time. The teachers have done brilliantly and so have the kids. Some more than others, as not every child of a key worker was offered a place. Something's gotta give, and it’s their classwork.”

Hayley Greenley said: “Most children have continued to do schooling all be it at a different pace, and yes they have missed out on a year of in-school time with normal structured days, but emotionally, they have dealt with so much more this year, and the breaks needed for them to relax are still required.”

Derek Mellon agreed: “The children have worked tirelessly through this and deserve a proper summer holiday.”

Kirsty Light said: “My children need a break and their teachers most certainly do. They’ve planned lessons for children still in school as well as lessons for children at home and had parents to put up with as well.”

Theresa Harwood added: “They’ve been working hard at home and need the summer outdoors.”

Rebecca Jones said: “They have worked hard enough at home through the whole lockdown. They can have the summer to play with friends and spend time with family they haven’t seen. Surely the teachers should be entitled to this time off, too.”

Shaun George Moore said: “No because my children have done all the work sent to them, so if they are behind it’s the teachers fault for not sending more.”

But Laila Naomi Carruthers thought a new approach would help. She said: “I think school holidays need to change for a while Our children have had a long time away from school. A couple of weeks in, then a couple of weeks off to isolate, then back in for a couple of weeks, and so on. Our children really don’t need six weeks off this summer — they need time to catch up again.”