They soon reopened to vulnerable pupils and key worker children, but only a fraction of the national school population returned to any form of face-to-face lessons over the summer term.
Some recent polls suggest families are keen to see children back in class but others have not been so positive and in Scotland, where pupils returned several weeks ago, official statistics show one in 10 pupils is absent.But England's schools minister Nick Gibb has urged parents to send their children back to school to help them to catch up on what they have missed.
The mass return comes as senior figures at England's exams regulator, Ofqual are due to appear before the Commons education committee. And there will be reduced movement of pupils around schools, with classes and year groups staying in a small number of rooms, while their individual subject teachers come to them to teach.
"It is hugely disappointing that the government has refused to support them by providing funding to cover the significant cost of safety measures and has instead said it must come out of hard-pressed budgets."
Nice picture showing very odd distancing.
About time too.
Not historic all schools were shut in 1918 because of Spanish Flue
Let’s hope the teachers step up now! They’ve been sat at home on full pay for months whilst everyone got out there to do their best
Are they supposed to be social-distancing or are they too young?
Is the prevalence of new coronary pneumonia in the UK under control? No, who started the '骚操作”again?
The wofld will be watching
NEW NORMAL SCHOOL CURRICULUM 9-10 Drag Queen story time 10-11 Mosque visit 12-1 Vegan lunch break 1-2 Non-competitive games 2-3 Holocaust History Homework: Gender reassignment.
If the government doesn't make masks mandatory in secondary schools (including classrooms) and continues failing to set up a truly effective track and trace system, schools may well be forced closed again. When the Tories fail to fight the virus, working class kids miss out most.
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