To keep up with Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here Pupils from across Rochdale are to attend summer schools to help them catch up on learning they missed out on due to the pandemic.
A dozen of the borough’s high schools are running the one and two-week programmes, which are mainly aimed at youngsters making the step up from primary to secondary school.
The Department for Education estimates that, in the first half-term of autumn 2020, seven to 14-year-olds were around two months behind on their reading, while seven to 11-year-olds were roughly three months behind in maths. READ MORE: Anecdotal evidence also points to children's mental health having suffered from lockdown and periods of individual or class isolation -