School leaders said they are “deeply frustrated” at the lack of clear data, and questioned how they will be able to respond quickly if cases start to rise
Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said: “These changes are deeply troubling and ill-advised, and seem symptomatic of the government’s wider attempts to try to just pretend that the pandemic is over. The ‘living with covid plan’ is increasingly looking like an ‘ignoring covid plan’ when it comes to schools.”
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