Schools are ignoring government guidelines and refusing to allow children into class unless BOTH parents are key workers, MailOnline has learned.
Department for Education guidance states that only one parent needs to be a critical worker for their child to attend class – even if both parents are working from home.
It adds parents who are key or critical workers should keep their children at home if they can .
Schools are ignoring government guidelines and refusing to allow children into class unless BOTH parents are key workers
But head teachers in many areas say increasing pressure on spaces has meant they now have to ‘ration’ places, and many have chosen to prioritise families where both parents are classed as key workers.
Richmond Council has extended their rapid testing programme – to include people who are not experiencing symptoms or are asymptomatic. Essential workers, volunteers and carers for vulnerable people are eligible for the tests, as well as those who need regular reassurance that they don’t have COVID-19. Lateral flow devices (LFDs) are one of the latest tools being used to detect COVID-19. The rapid turnaround tests give results in under an hour, without the need for laboratory processing. Over the past few weeks, residents in the borough’s wards with the highest rates of new cases of COVID-19 were able to have a rapid test.
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Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor (Image: Daily Post Wales)
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