Teachers boast that they saved lives by prolonging school closures during Covid pandemic

Teaching union bosses have bragged that they saved lives by prolonging school closures during the Covid pandemic - despite evidence showing children's education was harmed.

The claims that they saved lives, reported by The Telegraph, comes despite evidence showing school closures damaged children's education, with progress made in English and maths before Covid. READ MORE: Pupils face threat of MORE school strikes chaos: 90 per cent of teachers back walkout over pay in preliminary ballot by largest union - as boss warns government to take results 'very seriously' Advertisement Meanwhile it found that reading proficiency had plummeted to a standard last seen in 2009, while science test results were at an all-time low.

She told the hearing: 'That, for me, was a terrible mistake and one which played a huge part in children's very negative experience of the lockdown period.' It comes as the NEU last week voted overwhelmingly in favour after being asked if they would be willing to walk out over a 'fully funded pay increase, as a meaningful step to achieve a long-term correction in pay'.

Students arrive at Outwood Academy in Woodlands, South Yorkshire, on March 2021 as pupils in England returned to school for the first time in two months as part of the lockdown easing

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