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Head teacher: Liz Bartholomew Head Teacher of Mayflower Primary School CONCERNED parents are urging others to sign a petition to get the Government to close schools in January to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. Following yesterday s announcement by the Department for Education (DfE), secondary schools and colleges across Essex will be included in a country-wide move to remote learning until January 18, 2021. This is to allow time for the roll-out of a mass testing programme across the country as cases continue to rise. Primary schools in the hardest-hit areas of Essex including Braintree and Maldon will also face a staggered return. ....
A SCHOOL boss has said the Government’s plan to reopen primary schools but not secondary schools “makes no sense.” Liz Bartholomew is the headteacher at the Mayflower Primary School, in Dovercourt, which will welcome students back next week. Secondary schools have been instructed to exercise a delayed reopening, in addition to primary schools in the hardest hit areas. But she has questioned why the advice differs. She said: “One of my main concerns, apart from the health concerns, is this puts us in a completely impossible situation. “We now have parents contacting us, having watched the announcements, saying they don’t want to send their children to school. ....
A SCHOOL boss has said the Government’s plan to reopen primary schools but not secondary schools “makes no sense.” Liz Bartholomew is the headteacher at the Mayflower Primary School, in Dovercourt, which will welcome students back next week. Secondary schools have been instructed to exercise a delayed reopening, in addition to primary schools in the hardest hit areas. But she has questioned why the advice differs. She said: “One of my main concerns, apart from the health concerns, is this puts us in a completely impossible situation. “We now have parents contacting us, having watched the announcements, saying they don’t want to send their children to school. ....