Teachers are exhausted, our kids are fed up - anger over plans for longer school days and shorter summer holidays
They are among the options being considered by the government to help children catch-up on education
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Parents and teachers have reacted with anger to plans being considered to help pupils catch-up on lost education. We reported yesterday how lengthening the school day and altering school holidays are said to be among the ideas being looked at by the government to counter the impact of the pandemic.
With fears over pupils falling behind, the Department for Education is reportedly considering putting on extracurricular activities and out-of-hours classes and reducing the long summer holidays.
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Petition for pupils to repeat academic year is backed by hundreds of parents
It comes as parents have been raising concerns over the learning time lost during lockdown
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School leaders question if pupils numbers during lockdown need capping as attendance figures reach pandemic high
There are concerns that having too many children in school will defeat the aim of lockdown
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School leaders are questioning whether the number of pupils attending schools during lockdown should be capped.
With Department for Education data showing an increase in the number of children in school, reportedly five times higher than during the first lockdown last year, there are concerns that it could harm efforts to tackle infection rates.
The figures released yesterday show that approximately 15 per cent of all pupils on roll in state-funded schools were in attendance on 28 January – up from 14 per cent in the previous two weeks.
Calls for pupils to repeat school year after learning time lost in lockdown
Some parents feel their children have lost so much education they should start the year again
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Some parents are calling for youngsters to repeat the academic year (Image: PA)
With the majority of pupils home learning amid the pandemic, some parents are calling for children to repeat the school year.
Thousands of youngsters across Greater Manchester missed vital classroom time before Christmas, when they had to isolate following confirmed cases of the virus among classmates and staff.
Since the holiday, they ve been remote learning once again after the Prime Minister took the decision to close schools to all but vulnerable and key worker children from January 5.