Now, adapting in the time of pandemic on now, preparing for some return to normality, I think we've got to ensure that we reduce Children's anxieties, staff anxieties and parent anxieties.

And we've got to do all of that on March the eighth rather than over a staggered period, but with a heavy legacy from largely shuttered schools.

MAWR Support Toe Help With the Recovery The government announced today that it will now be providing a total off £1.7 billion to help Children catch up on lost education.

New money means an extra £22,000 for the average secondary school on £6000 for the average primary school from a new one off 302 million recovery premium fund in all in extra 700 million was unveiled today, 300 million of which was announced by the prime minister last month, a guarded welcome from one primary school head teacher.

Every bit of fund is going to make a difference.

We can use that funding creatively.

I mean, I guess there's always the argument that is never going to be enough.

School of this size were large 730 Children in a primary school.

£6000 goes nowhere, but hopefully we get we get more than that I said were larger than average, but it is definitely needed.

I think I read today that it will be down to some school to school zone discretion as to how some of that money spent.

I think that's a great decision because schools know their community is the best on DWI will know where to target that area.

A monumental challenge faces schools across the country and in particular in deprived areas such as here in London's tower Hamlets, in helping pupils recover ground lost during the pandemic.

Just this week, William Hague acknowledged the scared of the task when he called for a school's recovery plan to rival the national vaccine.

Roll out a hint, perhaps, that the government should be even more ambitious in this area.

Gavin Williamson says he's rising to the occasion, someone who has two daughters at school.

I'm absolutely certain that we are going to do everything we can do for all of our Children to make sure that they do not.

They're not set back by this pandemic that their life chances air in any way, not stinted.

We're going to do everything we can do to make sure that they can reach our absolute potential.

This is why we're willing to look at every single matter in order to be able to drive their attainment into the future on.

We are not going to be timid in terms of, you know, our aspirations for them on the actions that will have to take to deliver for them.

Can I just ask you?

One education analyst believes the government needs to go further while £700 million sounds like a lot.

Actually, the scale of the challenge means that it's it's really quite a modest amount for the government to be investing.

We need a bigger, bolder and longer term plan to support young people to catch up with their education, but also to support their well being because they've missed out a lot in the last year.

Tranquility for the moment.