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By Press Association A growing number of education leaders are calling for the Government to pause and reconsider sending secondary pupils back to the classroom PRESSURE is growing on the Government to abandon plans to reopen secondary schools in January amid concerns it could cause further spikes in coronavirus cases. Teaching unions have warned that allowing students to return will put them at risk of catching the new variants of Cov...

By Press Association A growing number of education leaders are calling for the Government to pause and reconsider sending secondary pupils back to the classroom PRESSURE is growing on the Government to abandon plans to reopen secondary schools in January amid concerns it could cause further spikes in coronavirus cases. Teaching unions have warned that allowing students to return will put them at risk of catching the new variants of Cov...

Teaching union asks Government to delay January return to school The letter calls for Gavin Williamson to allow schools to move to remote learning for all pupils Updated Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Thank you for subscribin...

Teachers union calls for delay to January school reopening PA 28 December 2020, 1:30 pm A teachers union is calling for a delay to the reopening of schools in January as the Government hopes to push ahead with its new year plan. Earlier this month, the Government said exam-year students would go back to school as normal after the Christmas holidays, but the majority of secondary school pupils would start the term online to allow headteachers to roll out mass testing of children and staff. Offic...

Mass testing of Renfrewshire school kids being considered The news comes just days after the Express revealed Renfrewshire has one of the highest school infection rates in the country. Nicola Sturgeon said the Scottish Government is looking at the possibility of a covid school testing programme (Image: Daily Record) Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we w...

In todays national coronavirus news: Sir Jeremy Farrar, a member of the Governments Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, has said the arguments for reopening schools in January were "very finely balanced". "I think the next few weeks going into January are going to be extremely difficult across the whole country," Sir Jeremy, director of the Wellcome Trust, told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme. "Certainly my own view is that schools opening is an absolute priority. But society - and...

Teaching union NASUWT calls for delay to January school reopening Call to to allow schools to move to remote learning for all pupils, except those deemed to be vulnerable or the children of key workers, in the highest tier areas Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexp...

A teaching union is calling for a delay to the reopening of schools in January as the Government hopes to push ahead with its new year plan. Earlier this month, the Government said exam-year students would go back to school as normal after the Christmas holidays, but the majority of secondary school pupils would start the term online to allow headteachers to roll out mass testing of children and staff. Officials from Downing Street and the Department for Education were due to discuss the issue ...

Andy Preston NORTH-EAST politicians have said schools should reopen as soon as possible, after a teaching union called for a delay. Earlier this month, the Government said exam-year students would go back to school as normal after the Christmas holidays, but the majority of secondary school pupils would start the term online to allow headteachers to roll out mass testing of children and staff. Officials from Downing Street and the Department for Education are discussing the issue amid con...

TEACHING unions, politicians and medical experts called on the government today to prioritise the protection of school staff and pupils as it ploughs ahead with its plan to reopen classrooms. Ministers and the Department for Education discussed concerns over the spread of a new strain of coronavirus ahead of the return to school following the festive break.  Scientists have suggested that the mutated coronavirus strain could more easily infect children, with Sir Jeremy Farrar, a member of the...