Detailed risk assessments are being finalised, with headteachers and governing boards in all schools being put to the test in making significant local decisions. Where local authorities and schools feel unable to meet the government’s ambition for an extended reopening these difficult decisions are being made in the best interests of children and the staff who work with them.
ADCS is an organisation with regional structures, reflecting both shared approaches as well as difference. As chair of the Educational Achievement Committee, I, alongside Edwina Grant, chair of the Health, Care and Additional Needs Committee, have been in multiple meetings with DfE officials, unions and on occasion ministers over recent weeks discussing guidance to early years settings and schools, representing our regional variations as well as common issues.
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