Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced schools would close to most children on 16 March as part of measures to stop the spread of the disease, also known as Covid-19.
Exceptions were made for the children of key workers, including NHS workers, teachers and social workers, and vulnerable children including those in care and with education, health and care (EHC) plans.
Department for Education guidance states that schools had been asked “wherever possible, to maintain provision for children of workers critical to the Covid-19 response over the Easter holidays”.
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