New report into education across England highlights the power of digital to break barriers for students, as learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), anxiety and health issues sit exams online from home - using remote invigilation - for the first time in the country’s history.
Digital solutions are transforming access to education and outcomes for learners across England, but school-wide digital inequalities are limiting potential, according to a new report released today by Pearson – the digital media learning company.
The 2023 Pearson School Report – presenting the views of 6,000 teachers and 1,000 pupils on key issues in education – reveals that while 3 in 5 teachers believe education is more inclusive and diverse than it was five years ago, 7 in 10 think the growing number of students with SEND or additional learning needs (up 87,000 to 1.5m*) are not being effectively supported to aspire and achieve by the current system. Teachers also expect mental health, attendance and SEND to be the biggest barriers to their pupils’ learning over the next six months.
However, the use of new technology has allowed many schools to adapt their offer to suit students’ different circumstances and needs: half say it has improved remote and flexible learning (48%) over the past two years and over a third are seeing improvements in student engagement (34%) and accessibility for learners with SEND (34%).
