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As the schools prepare for Monday's return, Norfolk County Council has stressed that regular Covid testing will be key in the move towards normality.
Face coverings and asymptomatic Covid-19 tests in secondary schools will not be compulsory when pupils return to class on March 8, the schools minister has...
Norfolk’s education leaders have emphasised the importance of reigniting the ‘joy of learning’ for pupils’ when schools reopen next month.
“We feel it has tipped from the point where safety had to be the absolute prime consideration and now that is returning children to their education, their socialisation, to be able to play and learn together. “We do believe school is a safe place to be from March 8 in a way that we didn’t eight weeks ago.” Secondary schools and colleges will be sending out instructions around the wearing of face coverings and twice-weekly testing, initially on-site and then at home. School transport will be operating from March 8 with students asked to wear face masks and stay in school bubbles.
Acorn Park School in Banham that has seen a coronavirus outbreak. Picture: Sonya Duncan - Credit: Sonya Duncan Thirteen parents have teamed up to raise concerns that an "inadequate" Norfolk special school is "failing to meet pupils' needs". The parents, whose children have complex autism disorders, say their concerns relate to high staff turnover and a 'lack of professionalism' among executive management at Acorn Park independent residential and day school in Banham. They joined forces with national special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) activist and consultant Janet Willicott, ...