the head of maths, fran ashraf, took a double class. 50 year nine pupils learning together. the two points that it crosses, draw a straight line through. i so, they get specialist teaching. this kind of contingency planning shows the lengths schools are willing to go to to keep pupils learning in school. but also how worried they are about this extra disruption after two years of the pandemic, especially for teenagers facing exams this summer. hoping this latest covid wave passes quickly, year—11s looking forward to gcse exams. it's my year 11 year, i've worked my whole school life towards sitting gcses and i want to do the best i possibly can. i wouldn't say i'm actually hoping to actually do the exams, but i think it's actually important because for me if we actually go to another lockdown, we're going to get teachers' assessed grades. i've got your cold writing tasks. 100 miles away in birmingham, this primary has bought air purifier machines for every class. last term, the autumn term,