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GCSE students from Caister, Charter, Flegg, Lynn Grove and Ormiston Academies have received their results.

Staff absences at Norfolk schools have “gone through the roof” in recent days, as the Omicron variant leaves teachers and pupils uncertain about January.

For pupils who have had another year of uncertainty and disruption the anxious wait will finally be as they collect their GCSE results.

"Face masks have become so contentious, and the government knows this. Although there is clear evidence they are effective in preventing the transmission of disease, there are still those who strongly oppose using them in schools." He said the government's equivocation had put school leaders in a difficult position, but that all schools, in the end, would "follow the evidence" while trying their best to make children comfortable. Likewise for Michael Brewer at Thetford Grammar, where children will be wearing masks indoors and will be asked to bring in three usable coverings with them for ea...

"We're working 24/7, and we're being extremely strict about those who can come in. "Last lockdown I felt bullied, but this time I don't. Unless both the pupils' parents are key workers, the child has to stay at home. "My staff are putting their life on the line coming into work, and when the remote provision is just as good as the real thing, I don't see any reason for that child to have to come into school." Norfolk County Council warned parents there'd be pressure on places for their children at school during lockdown - Credit: Archant James Wright, vice-chair of governors at Great Yarmou...