06:11 EDT, 22 January 2021
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Many parents are worried for their youngsters education, but thanks to tireless efforts by teachers, they needn t be.
When schools up and down the country closed their doors on January 5 to all except children of critical workers and vulnerable children, parents gave a collective shudder.
After all, having children is challenging enough at the best of times, but when they re at home all day, every day, and you have to supervise their education, it s almost impossible.
Learning in a different setting: Lily Evans, a pupil at Cornerstone Academy, Devon, studies at home
As father-of-two Errol Murray, from Leeds, says: There s a reason that teaching is a paid profession.