Preventing digital exclusion appears high on the government’s agenda. Some £100 million has been poured into remote digital learning, including delivery of more than 200,000 devices for disadvantaged children, plus £1 billion invested in a COVID catch-up fund.
Yet according to the Education Policy Institute (EPI), more than 450,000 devices are needed, with 20 per cent of children eligible for free school meals having no access to a computer at home.