âGet kids back in classâ or âtoo big a step too soonâ: Teesside schools react to March 8 reopening
Mixed reviews following the PMâs âroadmapâ announcement where all pupils will return to school next month
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The Covid-19 rules schools will have to follow as all pupils return on March 8 chroniclelive.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chroniclelive.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Secondary school pupils could be sent home testing kits before they return to the classroom under new plans being drawn up by the Government.
Students may have to test themselves for coronavirus using lateral flow tests as ministers at the Department for Education prepare detailed plans for a phased return to the classroom, The Telegraph reports.
It comes a month after questions were raised about the reliability of the tests following an article in the British Medical Journal which claimed the tests were not sensitive enough and not good at detecting the virus in people without symptoms.
Last year the Government asked schools to prepare their buildings for on-site mass testing but headteachers and union members were quick to call the proposals inoperable .
Secondary school students wearing masks. Picture: PA THE number of long-term disadvantaged children rose before the Covid pandemic, according to a new report. A new report suggests that the number of pupils from poorer backgrounds rose across many parts of the country prior to the pandemic, while long-term disadvantage is impacting academic performance. The Northern Powerhouse Partnership compared numbers of secondary schools with a high level of long-term disadvantaged high impact pupils between 2017 and 2019, as well as analysing attainment at GCSE level. Long-term disadvantaged pupils are those in secondary school who spent at least 80 per cent of time on free school meals as well as those from “high impact” groups, primarily from White British and Black Caribbean backgrounds.
North East education body calls for schools in areas worst-hit by Covid-19 to stay closed for longer chroniclelive.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chroniclelive.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.