‘THEY don’t see any hope - they want a way out’. That is the worrying message from an A&E consultant at Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI) amid rising numbers of children and young people arriving at hospital who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Dave Greenhorn said the department used to see one or two children in that position a week - now it’s more like one or two every day. He said the realities of Covid - and what it is doing to young people - are becoming “painfully clear”. The impact of the pandemic on youngsters was highlighted in a recent BBC Radio 4 programme on the large-scale Born in Bradford study.
Out of that total, 149 are fully shut to ALL pupils. The remaining 12 schools are described as being partially closed. Nine of those schools have shut at different points throughout the day. Both
Midland Road Nursery closed at 11.45am, while
Eden Boys Leadership Academy, Bradford shut at 12pm and
Glenaire Primary School closed its doors at 12.30pm.
Baildon C of E Primary School and
East Morton C of E Primary School both made the decision to shut at 1pm, while
Menston Primary School asked parents and guardians to pick students up between 1.15pm and 1.30pm. Finally,
Wibsey Primary School are closing from 2pm.