Scottish schools will begin reopening in August – with pupils in Northern Ireland also likely to begin a phased return that month.
The scientific advice for England will be published later this week – with a date of 1 June still the government’s target.
But schools have not been closed altogether, many have been open for the children of key workers and the vulnerable.
Fatima Manji has been to one school in a deprived part of East London to see how teachers and pupils are adapting.