be brought back if necessary. martine croxall is at the north shore academy in stockton on tees. martine. thank you very much. yes, we are spending the day here at north shore academy talking about the impact that covid has had on education and the adaptations that schools like this are having to make because the virus is still in the community. in a moment, we will be speaking to two year 11 students who will be taking their gcses this year and a member of the trust that runs this academy. first, let s look at the wider picture schools are facing in this report from our education correspondent. please be attentive. have a lovely day, and i ll speak to you later in the day, ok? it was billed as the most normal school year since before the pandemic, but even before some english and welsh students have taken their seats in class, more uncertainty about whether 12 to 15 year olds will be routinely offered the vaccine. that question has been hotly debated here, at the north shore academy,
reported still each day. let s look at the wider picture then, with our education correspondent. please be attentive, have a lovely day and i ll speak to you later in the day. it was billed as the most normal school year since before the pandemic, but even before some english and welsh students have taken their seats in class, more uncertainty about whether i2 to 15 year olds will be routinely offered the vaccine. that question has been hotly debated here at the north shore academy in stockton upon tees. i would definitely get the vaccine, because we have been one of the countries fortunate enough to obviously have vaccines and we should take that, use the advantage. i think i would to savei people, yeah, iwould. the joint committee on vaccination and immunisations told uk governments they would not on health grounds alone be recommending all 12 to 15 year olds are offered the jab. instead, chief medical officers across the four nations
fresh air in the classrooms? these are the headaches that a lot of teachers have been juggling are the headaches that a lot of teachers have beenjuggling with over the summer holidays to make sure when people come back into school they re kept safe. we will be speaking to the executive head, but first let s hear about the circumstances facing all schools from our education correspondent. please be attentive, have a lovely day and i ll speak to you later in the day. it was billed as the most normal school year since before the pandemic, but even before some english and welsh students have taken their seats in class, more uncertainty about whether 12 to 15 year olds will be routinely offered the vaccine. that question has been hotly debated here at the north shore academy in stockton upon tees. i would definitely get the vaccine, because we have been one of the countries fortunate enough to obviously have vaccines and we should take that, use the advantage.
solely caused by schools returning. this graph shows cases in 2020 in green and this year in red. although cases were much lower at this point in 2020, they followed a similar pattern, rising before schools went back and then increasing more steeply later in september. martine croxall is at a school in stockton on tees. hello, yes i am. it is the north shore academy and a fantastic building it is too. lunch time is over, if you hear any crashing and banging, it is the dinner ladies tidying up. the halls are full of students, which they weren t last year, most of it was online, that brought a huge number of challenges to staff, pupils and parents. but it is not quite back to normal. there are considerations that schools have to bear in mind, there are still thousands of cases of covid be
shore academy, one of 21 academies, belonging to the northern education trust. mike robinson is the executive head. you ve 14,000 trust. mike robinson is the executive head. you ve14,000 pupils in total across your who trust, how did that make it easier or more difficult with that scale of provision you need to provide during the pandemic? easier or more difficult? t the pandemic? easier or more difficult? ~ , , :, difficult? i think there is pros and cons. difficult? i think there is pros and cons- 14.000 difficult? i think there is pros and cons. 14,000 students difficult? i think there is pros and cons. 14,000 students across i difficult? i think there is pros and cons. 14,000 students across 21| cons. 14,000 students across 21 sites brings a lot of responsibility, it takes a lot of co ordination, a lot of different local authorities with different approaches and messages and they want you to do it one way in one place and differently in another and getting resources to places