The government has given the go-ahead for schools to welcome back around two million pupils in early years, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 today (1 June) despite a backlash from teaching unions and local authorities and widespread concern among parents and teachers.
A report by a group of leading scientists warns that it is “too soon” for schools to reopen while the transmission rate of infection (R rate) stays between 0.7 and 0.9 - government guidance warns of tightening lockdown measures again if it rises above one.
A new report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, shows that school leaders estimate that 46 per cent of families will keep their children off school, rising to 50 per cent in areas with the highest numbers of children eligible for free school meals.
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