“…Prior to Covid-19, the impact of social disadvantage on wellbeing featured prominently within legislative and policy contexts across the UK (Children and Young People (Scotland) Act, 2014; Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act, 2015; What Works Centre for Wellbeing, 2020). For example, interagency collaboration is evident in person-centered, place-based initiatives (Dyson et al, 2014;Gilbert, 2017) such as the "nurturing city" in Glasgow, Scotland (March & Kearney, 2017, p. 237), the Full Service Extended Schools and Community Network programmes in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the introduction of Regional Improvement Collaboratives and Children's Neighborhoods in Scotland and designated Opportunity Areas and Children's Zones in England (Chapman, 2019;Easton et al, 2018). Additional funding is targeted at closing the opportunity gap between disadvantaged students and their more advantaged peers across the UK including the Pupil Premium (England and Northern Ireland), the Pupil Deprivation/Development grant (Wales), the Pupil Equity Fund (Scotland) and Attainment Scotland Fund.…”