EDUCATION leaders have criticised the Government for the way it has handled whether schools should open or not. On December 30, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced primary schools would return, while secondary schools and colleges would only allow vulnerable children, children of critical workers and exam students to attend. However, at the end of the first day back for those students who returned, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the national lockdown, seeing schools and colleges now close, with remote learning to take place until the February half-term. The U-turn has been condemned by education leaders in Oxfordshire. Anne Dellar, chief executive of Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust, said: “The past few days have once again been very challenging for primary schools, with schools putting huge effort into opening safely just hours before the Government’s closure announcement.