Welsh lockdown is extended for three more weeks with schools and colleges staying shut until February half-term without ‘significant’ drop in infections, First Minister Mark Drakeford confirms Mark Drakeford confirmed the Level 4 restrictions in Wales will not be lifted School and college students will continue learning online till February half-term The First Minister said … Read more
Fury erupted after Britain’s biggest teaching union sent a ‘gloating’ email telling members ‘You did it!’ after Boris Johnson closed all schools in Monday night’s lockdown announcement. Teachers were left appalled by the victorious tone of the message from the left-wing National Education Union (NEU) to its 500,000 members at the decision which left nine … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… the new schools shutdown By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 01:56 GMT, 6 January 2021 | Updated: 02:05 GMT, 6 January 2021 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178 Share or comment on this article:
Boris Johnson tonight failed to guarantee that all pupils in England will be back in school classrooms before the summer holidays. The Prime Minister told a Downing Street press conference that he is ‘optimistic’ that ‘things really will be very different by the spring’. But he was unable to give parents, pupils and teachers a … Read more
Michael Gove dealt another blow to parents today as he suggested schools could remain closed after the February half-term. In a stark warning this morning, the former education secretary hinted schools may open even later than expected if the government’s vaccination drive lags behind. The Cabinet Minister said that while education was the ‘number one priority’, he said, … Read more
Boris Johnson tonight plunged England into a new lockdown as he set out emergency measures to control the spread of new strains of coronavirus amid concerns the NHS risks being overwhelmed. Schools, shops and sports venues will close their doors for six weeks from early on Wednesday in scenes not witnessed since the original lockdown … Read more
All schools and colleges across England will be told to shut from tomorrow until the middle of February under Boris Johnson’s new national coronavirus lockdown. Primary and secondary schools will have to shift to remote learning for the overwhelming majority of pupils, with only vulnerable children and the children of key workers allowed to attend … Read more
Boris Johnson tonight plunged England into a new lockdown as he set out emergency measures to control the spread of new strains of coronavirus amid concerns the NHS risks being overwhelmed. Schools, shops and sports venues will close their doors for six weeks in scenes not witnessed since the original lockdown last March, with exercise … Read more
The Government is facing calls to cancel GCSE and A-Level exams as Boris Johnson looks set to shut schools indefinitely under a third national lockdown. The Prime Minister will set out the ‘next steps’ in the Government’s Covid-19 response with an address to the nation tonight at 8pm, with Parliament being recalled on Wednesday. MailOnline … Read more
Schools have triggered three times more Covid outbreaks than hospitals since October, official figures show as Boris Johnson today prepared to shut all classrooms until next month. Public Health England reports reveal 26 per cent of investigated Covid infection clusters — or 2,722 out of 10,000 — were linked to nurseries, primaries, secondaries and universities over the … Read more