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Covid-19: Fleming Fulton school pupils to attend part-time
By Robbie Meredith
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image captionMore than 100 pupils with a range of special educational needs attend the school
A Belfast special school has said its pupils can only attend part-time for two days a week from Monday.
Fleming Fulton school in south Belfast has more than 100 pupils with a range of special educational needs (SEN).
Principal Karen Hancock told parents of pupils the decision had been taken in light of the increasing numbers of positive cases .
Education Minister Peter Weir decided on 5 January that special schools should remain open for all pupils.
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EAST SUSSEX, U.K. Leave it to educators and support staff to know what’s best for students in and out of the classroom as Covid-19’s global infection rate seeps into the new year.
No, it shouldn’t come as a surprise, rather as further proof that frontline workers know best they live within crisis daily.
As news broke before and during the holiday season of a new variant strain of the coronavirus, and a steady uptick of cases soon followed, government officials, including U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, insisted schools were safe and should reopen on schedule Monday, January 4.
Updated: 12 Jan 2021, 3:48
SCHOOLS are rationing places for children of key workers as classrooms are now 60 per cent full amid fears it could undermind lockdown, it has been reported.
The Department for Education guidance states that only one parent needs to be a critical worker for their child to attend class, but some schools are reportedly refusing children unless both parents are.
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Schools are being forced to ration spots for children, it has been reported Credit: PA:Press Association
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Parents who are key workers are advised to keep their children home if they can Credit: Alamy Live News
The government guidance also says parents who are keys workers should keep their children home if they can .