Part of 3. Questions to the Minister for Education – in the Senedd at 3:48 pm on 10 February 2021.
Thank you very much, Minister, for that comprehensive answer. Evidence has consistently shown that those pupils eligible for free school meals are at more risk of falling behind their peers while learning from home, for a variety of complex and interrelated reasons. I recently had the privilege of attending the Senedd's Children, Young People and Education Committee, where you spoke about the emerging plans to use the school holiday enrichment programme as a vehicle to help those pupils who are eligible for free school meals to catch up through the summer holiday on the learning they may have missed during the pandemic. This is a strategy that could prove to reap rich rewards for young people in my constituency and across Wales. So, Minister, are you able to share any further details on this ambitious scheme with us today?