Prime Minister Boris Johnson has advised schools to remain open, however, latest government documents laying out the Emergency Coronavirus Bill, due to be heard in Parliament tomorrow (Thursday), do not rule closure out completely.
The bill also adds that in a bid to keep schools open the standard of meals provided could be “adapted”.
Schools in Scotland and Wales will close from Friday in response to the outbreak which has now killed 71 people in the UK.
Stuart Lock, chief executive of Advantage Schools multi-academy trust and Vic Goddard, joint head teacher at Passmores Academy in Leeds, have written an open letter to Johnson, signed by at least 18 organisations, calling for clarity around how best to support around 1.5 million children eligible for free school meals in the event of school closures.
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