Headteachers say absence caused by spread of Omicron variant could undermine government’s effort to keep children in schools
Severe staff shortages could undermine the government’s efforts to keep pupils in schools, with headteachers inDespite a pledge by Boris Johnson to avoid a, when the government insisted schools would remain open only for them to be closed after an abrupt U-turn, school leaders are warning that the rapid spread of the Omicron variant could lead to mass absences for teachers and other members of staff when schools reopen for the new year.
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