Schools should only be closed “as a last resort” after businesses such as pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops, Anne Longfield says in a new briefing.
The commissioner also urges the government to continue to keep schools and early years settings open for the children of key workers and vulnerable children.
However, those classed as vulnerable due to having a social worker, on a child potection plan or EHC (education, health and care) plan should be reclassified as “priority children”, Longfield adds as part of her 10-point plan for any potential local and national lockdowns.
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