Tag: schools reopening

More than four in 10 primary schools ignored government pleas to reopen more widely to pupils on Monday, England’s largest teaching union has said. A survey of National Education Union members representing almost 11,000 primary and all-through schools found that 44 per cent reported their school opted to remain open only to vulnerable pupils and […]

Schools will get “proper notice” before they reopen so they are “able to prepare” for the return of pupils, the education secretary has said. Gavin Williamson, leading Downing Street’s daily coronavirus press briefing today, insisted that ministers would not think about reopening schools to all pupils until the government’s five tests for beating the pandemic […]

The National Education Union has written to Boris Johnson demanding clarity on school and colleges reopening amid “unhelpful speculation” surrounding future plans.  Joint general secretaries Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney are asking for the “modelling, evidence and plans” of the government’s decisions as a full return would put teachers and pupils at greater risk […]