Peter Mayland, who leads Albany Academy in Chorley, says that while a phased return would have helped with the practicalities of mass testing pupils for Covid, the pay-off for a wholesale reopening was “getting all children in for the three weeks before we break up for Easter”.
Peter Mayland, headteacher of Albany Academy in Chorley, is looking forward to welcoming back all pupils from 8th March
“That is worth the headaches that we’re going to face [with testing],” he said.
“We have done a survey of all students and staff about the way we have done things [during the lockdown] and there has been lots of positive feedback.