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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams Education editor

Pupils in England face lost learning from flooding and extreme heat, study finds

Stephen Morgan sitting with school pupils handling plants in a car tyre
Stephen Morgan, the early education minister, visits a school climate resilience pilot. Photograph: DfE

Children in England face prolonged “lost learning” caused by extreme heat and flooding at school, according to research on the potential impact of the climate crisis on education.

School leaders and teachers said the scenarios published by the Department for Education made for grim reading and urged ministers to move quickly to improve school resilience.

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