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Schools in England facing prospect of long closures
With schools across England now facing the imminent prospect of lengthy closures, it’s been a day of considerable chaos in different parts of the country, as councils issued varying advice on whether children should be allowed back into classrooms or not. Teaching unions have demanded a “pause” on school opening in order to guarantee the…
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‘Testing, vaccination and robust support catch up is what will make the difference for schools’ – Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield
We spoke to the Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield and began by asking her what price we really pay for shutting schools?
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Teaching union tells education secretary it is unsafe for schools in England to reopen as Covid cases rise
The head teachers’ union has begun legal action against the government in a bid to make ministers reveal why they think it’s safe for schools to re-open on Monday – amid the rapid rise in coronavirus cases.
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England’s secondary schools face staggered return next term
Secondary school students in England will not be starting the new term next year at the same time.
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Schools in England told they cannot close early for Christmas
Schools in the London borough of Greenwich are being forced to stay open, even though the council wanted to move to online learning amid fears over rising Covid infection rates.
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Welsh secondary schools and colleges to move online to curb Covid transmission
Secondary schools and colleges in Wales will move to online learning from Monday.
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‘Schools are responsible for those children who are excluded,’ says Robert Halfon MP
We began by asking Kendra Houseman about the importance of early intervention.
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Northern Ireland schools to close as new Covid restrictions imposed
The health minister has announced that the Belfast Nightingale Hospital will reopen amid fears about intensive care capacity.
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‘The clearly anticipated surge that would happen as schools came back… was not planned for over the summer’: Prof Alan McNally
The microbiologist Prof Alan McNally, who helped set up the Lighthouse diagnostic labs network to support the fight against Covid, joined us from Birmingham.
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‘We should maintain the easing of lockdown – and put in place measures to prevent such reactive events as closing schools down’ – Oxford University’s Prof Sunetra Gupta
We spoke to Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at the University of Oxford.
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FactCheck: Johnson’s schools attack on Starmer
Boris Johnson claimed that Keir Starmer’s assertion today that ‘school is safe’ was ‘the first time in four months that he’s said it’.
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Government under fire over last minute schools advice
Secondary schools have been told whole year groups could be sent home to quarantine if a pupil or teacher tests positive.
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UK government U-turn on face coverings in English secondary schools
The governments in Westminster and Cardiff confirmed they would change their advice to pupils on face coverings.
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‘I hope it isn’t necessary to have masks in schools’ – former Education Secretary Damian Hinds
We’re joined by the former Education Secretary and Conservative MP for East Hampshire, Damian Hinds.
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Policy change imminent on face coverings in English schools
Our political correspondent Liz Bates joins us from Westminster.