Today, schools across Stoke-on-Trent will welcome students back in a COVID-secure way to restart their teaching.
While this is very important, even more so is ensuring students are able to catch up on lost work. Pupils in disadvantaged areas are more likely to have slipped behind on their work than their peers, which is why I am urging the Department for Education to ensure all students are given the support they need to catch up.
Watch my question in the House of Commons: