Two-metre social distancing for school pupils is ‘an aspiration, not an absolute requirement’

Social distancing in classrooms is an ‘aspiration’ and not an ‘absolute requirement’, the head of Ofsted said yesterday. Amanda Spielman, the chief inspector of Ofsted, told Sky News that reducing the two-metre distancing rule would allow more pupils to return to school.  She added that schools are following a ‘hierarchy’ of infection controls, which emphasise … Read more