Todholm Primary in Renfrewshire, Scotland, has been closed for a week due to a ‘suspected’ outbreak of the Omicron variant, with many pupils and members of staff currently in self-isolation.
Worried about a potential Covid outbreak, two schools in England have stopped in-person teaching for at least a week by imposing their own 'circuit-breaker' lockdown.
New data has emerged that suggests closing schools and imprisoning children in their homes during the pandemic wasn't necessary as children are at virtually no risk from COVID-19.
Schools are to receive a £1.8 billion funding boost to help resolve the disruption caused by lockdown.
Now that almost all vulnerable people have been vaccinated, why are we trying to stop children getting the virus if, as Chris Whitty says, “the great majority” of them are going to get it at some point anyway?
A couple who run a shop in Lancashire are being prosecuted by their council for taking their 10 year-old daughter out of school in the run-up to Christmas. They've started a fundraiser so they can afford a solicitor.
Mary Bousted, the hard left General Secretary of the National Education Union, has warned that inadequate safety procedures in schools ahead of reopening will inevitably mean major disruption in the weeks ahead.
