Many headteachers across Lincolnshire and Newark feel school catch up funding is "insufficient"
Two thirds of primary head teachers in the East Midlands say they need more financial help
There's evidence schools across Lincolnshire and Newark are struggling to cope after the Pandemic.
A new report shows 68% of primary school senior leaders in the east Midlands reported receiving insufficient catch-up funding this year.
They say it simply isn't enough to help cope with the challenges they face.
The educational research charity the Sutton Trust carried out the study.
We spoke to their Director of Research and Policy Carl Cullinane.
He told us: "Schools are still really feeling the pinch after the pandemic in terms of their funding and the situation is being exacerbated in recent months with the increased costs of living that are resulting in large energy bills for schools and inflation for all sorts of services."
"We're seeing real signs of financial strain across the country but also in the East Midlands."
"Schools have been back open for over a year now but it was a profound impact on young people's education and we need to do as much as we possibly can to close those gaps."
"The Government's own education recovery commissioner Sir Kevin Collins last year recommended a substantial package."
"What the Government has actually dedicated is merely a fraction of that."