All pupils should be tested for coronavirus at school to prove it’s safe to return, Tony Blair‘s think-tank has urged the Prime Minister. Parents will be too scared of coronavirus to send their children to school in September unless stricter testing systems are put in place, the Institute for Global Change found. There is an … Read more
Ministers last night reassured parents that reopening primary schools today is safe amid fears many will keep their children away. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said it was ‘extremely important’ children went back to school. It comes as a study suggested up to half of families may shun sending their youngsters to lessons due to worries … Read more
Professor Robert Dingwall warned the measures were ‘extreme’ and risked making children ‘miserable There is no need to remove soft toys from classrooms or ban children from touching books when schools eventually reopen, one of the government’s experts has claimed. Professor Robert Dingwall warned the measures were ‘extreme’ and risked making children ‘miserable’ when they … Read more
Union chiefs are now warning teachers it will ‘not be safe’ to mark pupils’ books when schools reopen, while casting yet more doubt on the government’s plans to bring children back to primary schools next month. Staff who are members of the UK biggest teaching union will be told to go through a 20-page checklist with … Read more
Schoolchildren will be told to sit 6ft apart with strict social distancing measures in place in playgrounds and canteens as they readjust to life after lockdown. One in five children will be urged to return to the classroom from next week as part of a gradual reopening of schools. They are expected to follow stringent … Read more