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Parents will be told to test their teenage children for Covid TWICE a week when schools reopen – and pupils will need to wear masks in school corridors The government is expected to launch plan amid phased return to the classroom Education unions have agreed for schools to mass test once – at the start … Read more
Scotland’s way ahead Nicola Sturgeon made several announcements today ahead of a full roadmap out of lockdown she expects to present next week. Addressing MSPs in Holyrood she said: Schools would reopen from February 22, starting with limited primary and secondary age groups No other years would return to face-to-face teaching before March 15 Scottish … Read more
Sadiq Khan calls for police officers to be stationed in London’s SCHOOLS when they reopen to stop a spike in violent crime sweeping the capital Khan said Met will use safety officers and targeted policing violent crime areas He was speaking on Tuesday after going on patrol in Bethnal Green, east London Mr Khan announced … Read more
What are each of the UK’s nations planning? ENGLAND: Boris Johnson is due to announce lockdown-easing roadmap, including details on phased return of schools, on February 22. SCOTLAND: Nicola Sturgeon confirmed Scottish schools will start to reopen on February 22. WALES: Primary schools will begin the process of reopening next Monday as Mark Drakeford announces … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon will today announce whether more children can return to Scottish schools – six days before Boris Johnson tells pupils in England when they can expect to be back in classes Under the plans, all children in early learning and childcare would return Pupils in Primary 1 to Primary 3 would also be allowed … Read more
A million children have no laptops for lessons: Former Navy engineer refurbishes old computers for schools as part of Mail Force drive to help needy pupils during lockdown… as research shows 14m devices are lying unused in our home 14million spare computers are sitting in cupboards and drawers in lockdown The Daily Mail is campaigning … Read more
There is no evidence that having schools open drives the spread of coronavirus in the wider community in the UK, SAGE scientists have found. In a study of pupil and teacher absences caused by positive Covid tests, researchers said confirmed infections in schools did not lead to bigger outbreaks. Instead, they said there were small … Read more
Britons could be out and about playing golf and tennis and enjoying time in the park with friends and family within weeks under plans being drawn up to ease the lockdown. Boris Johnson this morning pledged a ‘cautious but irreversible’ approach to easing restrictions that have been in place since the new year. The Prime … Read more
An academy chief today cast doubt on ‘optimistic’ plans to get all pupils back into school at the start of March as he warned dates were ‘being pulled out of thin air.’ As the PM faces mounting pressure to send children in England back to school, Downing Street has suggested that all primary and secondary … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is committed to making Britain greener. That means people and businesses need to reduce their energy consumption and wean themselves off oil and gas. The public sector, including schools, hospitals and prisons, needs to play its part too, but the process can be costly and cash is in short supply, now … Read more